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Synthesis of Chl@Ti3C2 composites as an anode material for lithium storage

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Two-dimensional (2D) titanium carbide MXene Ti3C2 has attracted significant research interest in energy storage applications. In this study, we prepared Chl@Ti3C2 composites by simply mixing a chlorophyll derivative (e.g., zinc methyl 3-devinyl-3-hydroxymethyl-pyropheophorbide a (Chl)) and Ti3C2 in tetrahydrofuran, where the Chl molecules were aggregated among the multi-layered Ti3C2 MXene or on its surface, increasing the interlayer space of Ti3C2. The as-prepared Chl@Ti3C2 was employed as the anode material in the lithium-ion battery (LIB) with lithium metal as the cathode. The resulting LIB exhibited a higher reversible capacity and longer cycle performance than those of LIB based on pure Ti3C2, and its specific discharge capacity continuously increased along with the increasing number of cycles, which can be attributed to the gradual activation of Chl@Ti3C2 accompanied by the electrochemical reactions. The discharge capacity of 1 wt-% Chl@Ti3C2 was recorded to be 325 mA·h·g−1 at the current density of 50 mA·g−1 with a Coulombic efficiency of 56% and a reversible discharge capacity of 173 mA·h·g−1 at the current density of 500 mA·g−1 after 800 cycles. This work provides a novel strategy for improving the energy storage performance of 2D MXene materials by expanding the layer distance with organic dye aggregates.

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The authors thank Dr. Yohan Dall’Agnese for reading the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974129) to Xiao-Feng Wang, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Jilin University, the Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province (Grant Nos. 20180414010GH, 20190201133JC) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI (Grant No. JP17H06436) to Hitoshi Tamiaki.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Wenxin Xu, Xin Zhao, Jiali Tang, Chao Zhang, Yu Gao, Aijun Li & Xiao-Feng Wang

  2. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan

    Shin-ichi Sasaki & Hitoshi Tamiaki

  3. Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan

    Shin-ichi Sasaki

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Xu, W., Zhao, X., Tang, J. et al. Synthesis of Chl@Ti3C2 composites as an anode material for lithium storage. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 15, 709–716 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-020-1984-z

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