Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000716
Keywords
additive manufacturing; conductive inks; micro-supercapacitors; MXenes; screen printing
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- Empa internal research grant
- project FOXIP
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Printed functional conductive inks have triggered scalable production of smart electronics such as energy-storage devices, antennas, wearable electronics, etc. Of particular interest are highly conductive-additive-free inks devoid of costly postdeposition treatments to eliminate sacrificial components. Due to the high filler concentration required, formulation of such waste-free inks has proven quite challenging. Here, additive-free, 2D titanium carbide MXene aqueous inks with appropriate rheological properties for scalable screen printing are demonstrated. Importantly, the inks consist essentially of the sediments of unetched precursor and multilayered MXene, which are usually discarded after delamination. Screen-printed structures are presented on paper with high resolution and spatial uniformity, including micro-supercapacitors, conductive tracks, integrated circuit paths, and others. It is revealed that the delaminated nanosheets among the layered particles function as efficient conductive binders, maintaining the mechanical integrity and thus the metallic conductive network. The areal capacitance (158 mF cm(-2)) and energy density (1.64 mu Wh cm(-2)) of the printed micro-supercapacitors are much superior to other devices based on MXene or graphene. The ink formulation strategy of turning trash into treasure for screen printing highlights the potential of waste-free MXene sediment printing for scalable and sustainable production of next-generation wearable smart electronics.
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