Journal of Molecular Liquids ( IF 5.3 ) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 , DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120578 Zhiqiang Wang , Yingying Guo , Qian Zhang , Zhiyong Li , Yang Zhao , Huiyong Wang
Two-dimensional titanium carbide (Ti3C2Tx) MXene nanosheets have been widely concerned due to its abundant surface functional groups, high conductivity, excellent photoelectrochemical properties and thermal conductivity. Nevertheless, it is still a challenge for the mass production of high-quality Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets. Herein, the bulk Ti3C2Tx MXene powders were stripped into monolayer or few layer nanosheets in propylene carbonate through liquid-phase exfoliation strategy assisted via alkanolamine as intercalators. It is shown that the stripping yield is up to 59.3 %, which is the recorded value for the delamination of Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets from bulk Ti3C2Tx MXene powder, and 62.2 % of nanosheets are monolayer. The ability of hydrogen bond donor and molecular size of alkanolamine have important effects on the yield. Moreover, Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets have been employed as catalysts in the photocatalytic CO2 reduction. The yield of CO is 149.7 μmol g-1h−1, which is about five times that of bulk Ti3C2Tx MXene powder. This work paves the way for the mass production of MXene nanosheets with high activity photocatalysis.
中文翻译:
链烷醇胺插层辅助液相剥离碳化钛 MXene 纳米片用于高效光催化 CO2 还原
二维碳化钛(Ti 3 C 2 T x)MXene纳米片因其丰富的表面官能团、高导电性、优异的光电化学性能和导热性而受到广泛关注。尽管如此,大规模生产高质量的Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene 纳米片仍然是一个挑战。在此,块体 Ti 3 C 2 T x通过链烷醇胺作为嵌入剂辅助的液相剥离策略,将 MXene 粉末在碳酸亚丙酯中剥离成单层或几层纳米片。结果表明,剥离率高达 59.3 %,这是 Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene 纳米片从块状 Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene 粉末分层的记录值,62.2 % 的纳米片是单层的。链烷醇胺的氢键供体能力和分子大小对收率有重要影响。此外,Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene 纳米片已被用作光催化 CO 2中的催化剂减少。CO的产率为149.7 μmol g -1 h -1,约为块状Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene 粉末的5倍。这项工作为大规模生产具有高活性光催化作用的 MXene 纳米片铺平了道路。