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Title: Synthesis of new two-dimensional titanium carbonitride Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx MXene and its performance as an electrode material for sodium-ion battery

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal carbides/nitrides, called MXenes, are attractive alternative electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage. Owing to their metallic electrical conductivity and low ion diffusion barrier, MXenes are promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Herein, we report on a new 2D carbonitride MXene, viz., Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx (Tx stands for surface terminations), and the only second carbonitride after Ti3CNTx so far. A new type of in situ HF (HCl/KF) etching condition was employed to synthesize multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders from Ti2AlC0.5N0.5. Spontaneous intercalation of tetramethylammonium followed by sonication in water allowed for large-scale delamination of this new titanium carbonitride into 2D sheets. Multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders showed higher specific capacities and larger electroactive surface area than those of Ti2CTx powders. Multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders show a specific capacity of 182 mAh g-1 at 20 mA g-1, the highest among all reported MXene electrodes as SIBs with excellent cycling stability.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1842650
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
InfoMat
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2567-3165
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; MXene; sodium-ion battery; titanium carbonitride; two-dimensional

Citation Formats

Liang, Kun, Tabassum, Anika, Majed, Ahmad, Dun, Chaochao, Yang, Feipeng, Guo, Jinghua, Prenger, Kaitlyn, Urban, Jeffrey J., and Naguib, Michael. Synthesis of new two-dimensional titanium carbonitride Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx MXene and its performance as an electrode material for sodium-ion battery. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1002/inf2.12269.
Liang, Kun, Tabassum, Anika, Majed, Ahmad, Dun, Chaochao, Yang, Feipeng, Guo, Jinghua, Prenger, Kaitlyn, Urban, Jeffrey J., & Naguib, Michael. Synthesis of new two-dimensional titanium carbonitride Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx MXene and its performance as an electrode material for sodium-ion battery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12269
Liang, Kun, Tabassum, Anika, Majed, Ahmad, Dun, Chaochao, Yang, Feipeng, Guo, Jinghua, Prenger, Kaitlyn, Urban, Jeffrey J., and Naguib, Michael. Sun . "Synthesis of new two-dimensional titanium carbonitride Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx MXene and its performance as an electrode material for sodium-ion battery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12269. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1842650.
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title = {Synthesis of new two-dimensional titanium carbonitride Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx MXene and its performance as an electrode material for sodium-ion battery},
author = {Liang, Kun and Tabassum, Anika and Majed, Ahmad and Dun, Chaochao and Yang, Feipeng and Guo, Jinghua and Prenger, Kaitlyn and Urban, Jeffrey J. and Naguib, Michael},
abstractNote = {Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal carbides/nitrides, called MXenes, are attractive alternative electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage. Owing to their metallic electrical conductivity and low ion diffusion barrier, MXenes are promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Herein, we report on a new 2D carbonitride MXene, viz., Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx (Tx stands for surface terminations), and the only second carbonitride after Ti3CNTx so far. A new type of in situ HF (HCl/KF) etching condition was employed to synthesize multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders from Ti2AlC0.5N0.5. Spontaneous intercalation of tetramethylammonium followed by sonication in water allowed for large-scale delamination of this new titanium carbonitride into 2D sheets. Multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders showed higher specific capacities and larger electroactive surface area than those of Ti2CTx powders. Multilayer Ti2C0.5N0.5Tx powders show a specific capacity of 182 mAh g-1 at 20 mA g-1, the highest among all reported MXene electrodes as SIBs with excellent cycling stability.},
doi = {10.1002/inf2.12269},
journal = {InfoMat},
number = 12,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Sun Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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