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Highly conductive dodecaborate/MXene composites for high performance supercapacitors

Zhenxing Li1( ), Chang Ma1, Yangyang Wen1, Zhiting Wei1, Xiaofei Xing1, Junmei Chu1, Chengcheng Yu1, Kaili Wang2, Zhao-Kui Wang2( )
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Institute of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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With the increasingly prominent energy and environmental issues, the supercapacitors, as a highly efficient and clean energy conversion and storage devices, meet the requirements well. However, it is still a challenge to enhance the capacitance and energy density of supercapacitors. A novel and highly conductive dodecaborate/MXene composites have been designed for high performance supercapacitors. The surface charge property of MXene was modified by a simple ultrasonic treatment with ammonium ion, and the dodecaborate ion can be inserted into the inner surface of MXene by electrostatic adsorption. Due to the unique icosahedral cage conjugate structure formed by the B-B bond and the highly delocalized three-dimensional π bond structure of the electrons, the negative charge is delocalied on the whole dodecaborate ion, which reduces the ability to bind to cations. Therefore, the cations can move easily, and the dodecaborate can act as a "lubricant" for ion diffusion between the MXene layers, which significantly improves the ion transfer rate of supercapacitors. The dodecaborate/MXene composites can achieve an extremely high specific capacitance of 366 F·g-1 at a scan rate of 2 mV·s-1, which is more than eight times higher than that of MXene (43 F·s-1) at the same scan rate. Our finding provides a novel route on the fabrication of the high performance supercapacitors.

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MXenesupercapacitorsdodecaborateelectrostatic adsorption

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 1,
January 2020
Pages 196-202
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2597-z
Cite this article:
Li Z, Ma C, Wen Y, et al. Highly conductive dodecaborate/MXene composites for high performance supercapacitors. Nano Research, 2020, 13(1): 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2597-z
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Received: 03 August 2019
Revised: 17 October 2019
Accepted: 05 December 2019
Published: 18 December 2019
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