Intercalation-Induced Reversible Electrochromic Behavior of Two-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene in Organic Electrolytes

Li, Jianmin; Wang, Xuehang; Sun, Weiwei; Maleski, Kathleen; Shuck, Christopher E.; Li, Ke; Urbankowski, Patrick; Hantanasirisakul, Kanit; Wang, Xiaofeng; Kent, Paul; Wang, Hongzhi; Gogotsi, Yury

doi:10.1002/celc.202001449

Intercalation-Induced Reversible Electrochromic Behavior of Two-Dimensional Ti₃C₂T_x MXene in Organic Electrolytes

Journal Article · Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2020 · ChemElectroChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202001449· OSTI ID:1817579

^[1]; Wang, Xuehang ^[2]; Sun, Weiwei ^[3]; Maleski, Kathleen ^[2]; Shuck, Christopher E. ^[2]; Li, Ke ^[2]; Urbankowski, Patrick ^[2]; Hantanasirisakul, Kanit ^[2]; Wang, Xiaofeng ^[2]; ^[4]; Wang, Hongzhi ^[5]; ^[2]

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Donghua Univ., Shanghai (China)
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Southeast Univ., Nanjing (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Donghua Univ., Shanghai (China)

MXenes, a large family of two-dimensional materials, have attracted tremendous attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Reversible ion intercalation between MXene layers allows modification of the optical, thermal, magnetic, and chemical properties. The electrochemical charge/discharge of MXenes in aqueous electrolytes was reported to lead to reversible electrochromic behavior. In this work, the electrochromic effect of semitransparent Ti₃C₂T_x MXene film was probed by electrochemical intercalation of Li ions. Correspondingly, a peak shift of 100 nm was observed in the UV-vis spectrum. By combining in-situ Raman spectroscopy, in-situ X-ray diffraction, and density functional theory calculations, we show that the electrochromic shift is primarily due to the formation of robust O-Li bonds and the emerging bands induced changes of inter-band excitations. Finally, understanding the mechanism of electrochromic behavior in Ti₃C₂T_x lays the foundations of designating 2D materials with durable, controllable, and efficient intercalation-induced electrochromic behaviors.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1817579

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1786151

Journal Information:: ChemElectroChem, Journal Name: ChemElectroChem Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2196-0216

Publisher:: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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