Construction of Monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene on Nickel Foam under High Electrostatic Fields for High-Performance...

Ti₃C₂T_x MXene, as a common two-dimensional material, has a wide range of applications in electrochemical energy storage. However, the surface forces of few-layer or monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene lead to easy agglomeration, which hinders the demonstration of its performance due to the characteristics of layered materials. Herein, we report a facile method for preparing monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene on nickel foam to achieve a self-supporting structure for supercapacitor electrodes under high electrostatic fields. Moreover, the specific capacitance varies with the deposition of different-concentration monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene on nickel foam. As a result, Ti₃C₂T_x/NF has a high specific capacitance of 319 mF cm^-2 at 2 mA cm^-2 and an excellent long-term cycling stability of 94.4% after 7000 cycles. It was observed that the areal specific capacitance increases, whereas the mass specific capacitance decreases with the increasing loading mass. Attributable to the effect of the high electrostatic field, the self-supporting structure of the Ti₃C₂T_x/NF becomes denser as the concentration of the monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene ink increases, ultimately affecting its electrochemical performance. This work provides a simple way to overcome the agglomeration problem of few-layer or monolayer MXene, then form a self-supporting electrode exhibiting excellent electrochemical performance.