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FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1000910
Keywords
2D material; transition metal dichacogenide; nanohybrid; nanostructuring; energy storage
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- European Commission through the H2020 FET-PROACTIVE-EIC-07-2020 project LIGHT-CAP [101017821]
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2D materials are interesting platforms for electrochemical processes due to their high surface area and tunable electronic properties. Combining TMDs with conducting polymers can provide better performance, as demonstrated by the 2D WS2@PANI hybrid materials exhibiting good capacitive behavior in neutral pH.
2D materials are interesting flat nanoplatforms for the implementation of different electrochemical processes, due to the high surface area and tunable electronic properties. 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) can be produced through convenient top-down liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) methods and present capacitive behaviour that can be exploited for energy storage applications. However, in their thermodynamically stable 2H crystalline phase, they present poor electrical conductivity, being this phase a purely semiconducting one. Combination with conducting polymers like polyaniline (PANI), into nanohybrids, can provide better properties for the scope. In this work, we report on the preparation of 2D WS2@PANI hybrid materials in which we exploit the LPE TMD nanoflakes as scaffolds, onto which induce the in-situ aniline polymerization and thus achieve porous architectures, with the help of surfactants and sodium chloride acting as templating agents. We characterize these species for their capacitive behaviour in neutral pH, achieving maximum specific capacitance of 160 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g, demonstrating the attractiveness of similar nanohybrids for future use in low-cost, easy-to-make supercapacitor devices.
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