Radiation-Induced Surface Modification of MXene with Ionic Liquid to Improve Electrochemical Properties and Chemical Stability

Jiali Jiang; Di Wen; Wenchao Zhao; Long Zhao

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01417

Radiation-Induced Surface Modification of MXene with Ionic Liquid to Improve Electrochemical Properties and Chemical Stability

Langmuir. 2023 Oct 3;39(39):13890-13896. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01417. Epub 2023 Sep 21.

Authors

Jiali Jiang^{1

2}, Di Wen^{1

3}, Wenchao Zhao^{1

2}, Long Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
² School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.

PMID: 37733971
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01417

Abstract

For the first time, an ionic liquid was grafted onto Ti₃C₂T_x MXene interlayers (MXene-g-IL) using a radiation technique. The IL was tightly immobilized on the surface of MXene nanosheets via chemical linkage, which exhibited excellent specific capacitance (160 F g^-1 at 5 mV s^-1) and improved structural stability (maintaining the sheet-like structure for 180 days). The facile, efficient, and scalable synthetic strategy derived from the radiation technique can open a new avenue for covalent functionalization of MXene-based materials and promote their further application.