Tunable electrochromic behavior of titanium-based MXenes
Abstract
Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides, popular by the name MXenes, are a promising class of materials as they exhibit intriguing optical, optoelectronic and electrochemical properties. Taking advantage of their metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity, titanium carbide MXenes (Ti3C2Tx and others) are used to fabricate solution processable transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) for the design of three-electrode electrochromic cells. However, the tunable electrochromic behavior of various titanium-based MXene compositions across the entire visible spectrum has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we investigate the intrinsic electrochromic properties of titanium-based MXenes, Ti3C2Tx, Ti3CNTx, Ti2CTx, and Ti1.6Nb0.4CTx, where individual MXenes serve as a transparent conducting, electrochromic, and plasmonic material layer. Plasmonic extinction bands for Ti3C2Tx, Ti2CTx and Ti1.6Nb0.4CTx are centered at 800, 550 and 480 nm, which are electrochemically tunable to 630, 470 and 410 nm, respectively, whereas Ti3CNTx shows a reversible change in transmittance in the wide visible range. Additionally, the switching rates of MXene electrodes with no additional transparent conductor electrodes are estimated and correlated with the respective electrical figure of merit values. This work demonstrates that MXene-based electrochromic cells are tunable in the entire visible spectrum and suggests the potential of the MXene family of materials in optoelectronic, plasmonic, and photonicmore »
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- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1803426
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1635558
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018618; W911NF-18-2-0026
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Chemistry; Science & Technology; Materials Science; Physics
Citation Formats
Valurouthu, Geetha, Maleski, Kathleen, Kurra, Narendra, Han, Meikang, Hantanasirisakul, Kanit, Sarycheva, Asia, and Gogotsi, Yury. Tunable electrochromic behavior of titanium-based MXenes. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1039/d0nr02673e.
Valurouthu, Geetha, Maleski, Kathleen, Kurra, Narendra, Han, Meikang, Hantanasirisakul, Kanit, Sarycheva, Asia, & Gogotsi, Yury. Tunable electrochromic behavior of titanium-based MXenes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr02673e
Valurouthu, Geetha, Maleski, Kathleen, Kurra, Narendra, Han, Meikang, Hantanasirisakul, Kanit, Sarycheva, Asia, and Gogotsi, Yury. Wed .
"Tunable electrochromic behavior of titanium-based MXenes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr02673e. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803426.
@article{osti_1803426,
title = {Tunable electrochromic behavior of titanium-based MXenes},
author = {Valurouthu, Geetha and Maleski, Kathleen and Kurra, Narendra and Han, Meikang and Hantanasirisakul, Kanit and Sarycheva, Asia and Gogotsi, Yury},
abstractNote = {Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides, popular by the name MXenes, are a promising class of materials as they exhibit intriguing optical, optoelectronic and electrochemical properties. Taking advantage of their metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity, titanium carbide MXenes (Ti3C2Tx and others) are used to fabricate solution processable transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) for the design of three-electrode electrochromic cells. However, the tunable electrochromic behavior of various titanium-based MXene compositions across the entire visible spectrum has not yet been demonstrated. Here, we investigate the intrinsic electrochromic properties of titanium-based MXenes, Ti3C2Tx, Ti3CNTx, Ti2CTx, and Ti1.6Nb0.4CTx, where individual MXenes serve as a transparent conducting, electrochromic, and plasmonic material layer. Plasmonic extinction bands for Ti3C2Tx, Ti2CTx and Ti1.6Nb0.4CTx are centered at 800, 550 and 480 nm, which are electrochemically tunable to 630, 470 and 410 nm, respectively, whereas Ti3CNTx shows a reversible change in transmittance in the wide visible range. Additionally, the switching rates of MXene electrodes with no additional transparent conductor electrodes are estimated and correlated with the respective electrical figure of merit values. This work demonstrates that MXene-based electrochromic cells are tunable in the entire visible spectrum and suggests the potential of the MXene family of materials in optoelectronic, plasmonic, and photonic applications, such as tunable visible optical filters and modulators, to name a few.},
doi = {10.1039/d0nr02673e},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 26,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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