journal article·2020-05-26Open access

Understanding Functionalization of Titanium Carbide (MXene) with Quinones and Their Pseudocapacitance

Muhammad Boota, Patrick Urbankowski, William Porzio, Luisa Barba, Naresh C. Osti, Markus Bleuel, Jong K. Keum, Eugene Mamontov

ACS Applied Energy Materials· Volume 3· Issue 5

Abstract

Here, the interaction mechanism of 1-aminoanthraquinone (AQ) on Ti3C2Tx MXene by noncovalent (AQ@Ti3C2Tx) and covalent (AQ-Ti3C2Tx) functionalization is reported. Spectroscopic, X-ray, and scattering techniques confirmed noncovalent functionalization of AQ on Ti3C2Tx MXene without its catalytic decomposition, resulting in intercalation and interaction of AQ with Ti3C2Tx MXene. Diazonium reaction was further used to covalently functionalize AQ molecules on Ti3C2Tx MXene. Optimized AQ-Ti3C2Tx freestanding electrodes of ∼44 μm thickness delivered capacitance of ∼300 F/g and improved rate performance compared to the pristine counterpart (Ti3C2Tx) due to carbonyl redox of AQ and improved ionic transport between MXene layers due to pillaring of AQ molecules.
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OpenAlex topics: MXene and MAX Phase Materials · Advanced Memory and Neural Computing · Graphene research and applications

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Affiliations

A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States

Institute of Chemical Sciences and Technologies “G. Natta” Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (SCI-TEC), via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy

Istituto di Cristallografia-Sincrotrone Elettra, Strada Statale 14-Km 163,5 Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste 34149, Italy

Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States

National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2115, United States

Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy

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