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Ultrathin, flexible, and oxidation-resistant MXene/graphene porous films for efficient electromagnetic interference shielding

Xinwei Tang, Jiangtao Luo, Zhiwei Hu, Shijie Lu, Xiaoyi Liu, Shuangshuang Li, Xu Zhao, Zihang Zhang, Qianqian Lan, Piming Ma, Zicheng Wang( ), Tianxi Liu( )
The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, International Joint Research Laboratory for Nano Energy Composites, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Ultrathin, flexible, and oxidation-resistant MXene-based graphene (M-rGX) porous film is fabricated by electrostatic self-assembly between MXene and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, and subsequentlythermal annealing under hydrogen-argon atmosphere. The rapid breakaway of functional groups on GO and MXene sheets induces formation of porous conductive network in film, facilitating efficient shielding for incident electromagnetic waves. More importantly, the effective removal of functional groups on MXene conspicuously improves the oxidation resistance of the film, endowing it with excellent durability in electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance.

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Designing and fabricating efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials becomes a significant and urgent concern. Hence, a novel ultrathin, flexible, and oxidation-resistant MXene-based graphene (M-rGX) porous film is successfully fabricated by electrostatic self-assembly between MXene and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, and subsequently thermal annealing under hydrogen-argon atmosphere. The rapid breakaway of functional groups on GO and MXene sheets induces formation of porous conductive network in film, thereby facilitating efficient shielding for incident electromagnetic waves. The optimal absolute shielding effectiveness (SSE/t) value of 76,422 dB·cm2·g−1 can be achieved at a thinner thickness of 15 μm. More importantly, the effective removal of functional groups on MXene conspicuously improves the oxidation resistance of the film, endowing it with an excellent durability (12 months) in EMI shielding performance.

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MXenegrapheneporous filmoxidation resistanceelectromagnetic interference shielding

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 1,
January 2023
Pages 1755-1763
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4841-1
Cite this article:
Tang X, Luo J, Hu Z, et al. Ultrathin, flexible, and oxidation-resistant MXene/graphene porous films for efficient electromagnetic interference shielding. Nano Research, 2023, 16(1): 1755-1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4841-1
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Received: 29 June 2022
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