Origami inspired Three-Dimensional Interconnected Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes
Abstract
High-temperature stable transition metal carbides are one of the promising classes of materials for next-generation energy applications such as water splitting catalysis and electrodes for energy storage devices. Herein, origami-like molybdenum carbide flakes with interfacially connected structures in various orientations using an easily scalable chemical vapor deposition method are synthesized. Interestingly, each individual flake of similar orientation is interconnected across different planes. The interconnected architectures are found to be highly elastic and behave in a sponge-like manner. In addition, the surface energy of each plane is calculated using the first-principle density functional theory. The molybdenum carbide shows excellent activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction, with the onset over potential occurring around -16 to -25 mV with high stability. The material is used as an electrode for supercapacitors as a second demonstration. The supercapacitor constructed with polypyrrole reaches the specific capacitance of ≈279 F g-1 at a current density of 0.5 A g-1.
- Authors:
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[1];
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of materials Science and NanoEngineering
- Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore (India). Materials Research Center
- Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil). Dept. de Química
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOD; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1469542
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-27486
Journal ID: ISSN 2196-7350
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2196-7350
- Publisher:
- Wiley-VCH
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Carbide; Water Splitting; energy storage; mechanical; origami-like nanostructure; 3D architecture; density functional theory; hydrogen evolution reactions; molybdenum carbide; supercapacitors
Citation Formats
Ozden, Sehmus, Koizumi, Ryota, Samanat, Atanu, Alves, Ana Paula P., Mishra, Avanish, Ye, Gonglan, Silva, Glaura G., Vajtai, Robert, Singh, Abhishek K., Tiwary, Chandra S., and Ajayan, Pulickel M. Origami inspired Three-Dimensional Interconnected Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1002/admi.201701113.
Ozden, Sehmus, Koizumi, Ryota, Samanat, Atanu, Alves, Ana Paula P., Mishra, Avanish, Ye, Gonglan, Silva, Glaura G., Vajtai, Robert, Singh, Abhishek K., Tiwary, Chandra S., & Ajayan, Pulickel M. Origami inspired Three-Dimensional Interconnected Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201701113
Ozden, Sehmus, Koizumi, Ryota, Samanat, Atanu, Alves, Ana Paula P., Mishra, Avanish, Ye, Gonglan, Silva, Glaura G., Vajtai, Robert, Singh, Abhishek K., Tiwary, Chandra S., and Ajayan, Pulickel M. Fri .
"Origami inspired Three-Dimensional Interconnected Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201701113. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1469542.
@article{osti_1469542,
title = {Origami inspired Three-Dimensional Interconnected Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes},
author = {Ozden, Sehmus and Koizumi, Ryota and Samanat, Atanu and Alves, Ana Paula P. and Mishra, Avanish and Ye, Gonglan and Silva, Glaura G. and Vajtai, Robert and Singh, Abhishek K. and Tiwary, Chandra S. and Ajayan, Pulickel M.},
abstractNote = {High-temperature stable transition metal carbides are one of the promising classes of materials for next-generation energy applications such as water splitting catalysis and electrodes for energy storage devices. Herein, origami-like molybdenum carbide flakes with interfacially connected structures in various orientations using an easily scalable chemical vapor deposition method are synthesized. Interestingly, each individual flake of similar orientation is interconnected across different planes. The interconnected architectures are found to be highly elastic and behave in a sponge-like manner. In addition, the surface energy of each plane is calculated using the first-principle density functional theory. The molybdenum carbide shows excellent activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction, with the onset over potential occurring around -16 to -25 mV with high stability. The material is used as an electrode for supercapacitors as a second demonstration. The supercapacitor constructed with polypyrrole reaches the specific capacitance of ≈279 F g-1 at a current density of 0.5 A g-1.},
doi = {10.1002/admi.201701113},
journal = {Advanced Materials Interfaces},
number = 6,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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