Authors
Michael Naguib, Olha Mashtalir, Maria R Lukatskaya, Boris Dyatkin, Chuanfang Zhang, Volker Presser, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W Barsoum
Publication date
2014
Journal
Chemical Communications
Pages
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01646G
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Description
Herein we show that heating 2D Ti3C2 in air results in TiO2 nanocrystals enmeshed in thin sheets of disordered graphitic carbon structures that can handle extremely high cycling rates when tested as anodes in lithium ion batteries. Oxidation of 2D Ti3C2 in either CO2 or pressurized water also resulted in TiO2–C hybrid structures. Similarly, other hybrids can be produced, as we show here for Nb2O5/C from 2D Nb2C.
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