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Two-dimensional (2D) MXenes have attracted extensive attentions for their excellent energy storage ability. In the current study, our main goal is to report on the delamination of the Nb2C MXene using a chlorophyll-a derivative (zinc methyl 3-devinyl-3-hydroxymethyl-pyropheophorbide a (Chl)) to produce Chl@Nb2C composites as the anode materials in the lithium-ion batteries. The electrochemical behaviors of the delaminated Chl@Nb2C composite electrodes were superior to the multilayered pristine Nb2C. The specific capacity of 1%(wt/wt) Chl@Nb2C achieved 384 mA h g−1 at the current density of 100 mA g−1, while the capacity of Nb2C was 295 mA h g−1. Furthermore, the specific capacity of the Chl@Nb2C composite increased along with the increasing number of cycles at the current density of 500 mA g−1. This work provides a novel delaminated strategy by intercalating organic dye aggregates between the MXenes layers to improve the energy storage performance of 2D MXene materials.
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X.Q. and WX.X. contributed equally to this work. The authors thank Chao Zhang for SEM tests and Song-Ying He for TEM measurements. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11974129 to X.-F.W.), Jilin University and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H06436 in Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Innovation for Light-Energy Conversion (I4LEC)”, Program for Science and Technology of Education Department of Jilin Province (No. JJKH20211036KL) and Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Development Project (No. 20210402054GH).
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Qi, X., Xu, W., Tang, J. et al. Chlorophyll derivative intercalation into Nb2C MXene for lithium-ion energy storage. J Mater Sci 57, 9971–9979 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-06929-y
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