TiCT MXene bonded perylene diimide as a robust charge host for seawater electrolytes.

In this work, we report TiCT MXene bonded cationic perylene diimide (PDI) as a redox charge storage host for seawater-based electrolytes. A reversible and stable charge storage capacity of ∼101 mA h g is achieved in 3 M MgCl electrolytes at a current density of 0.25 A g with an extended cycling stability of more than 8000 cycles.

Supramolecular Engineering of TiCT MXene -Perylene Diimide Hybrid Electrodes for the Pseudocapacitive Electrochemical Storage of Calcium Ions.

The rare combination of metallic conductivity and surface redox activity enables 2D MXenes as versatile charge storage hosts for the design of high-rate electrochemical energy storage devices. However, high charge density metal ions including but not limited to Ca and Mg pose challenges such as sluggish solid-state diffusion and also inhibiting the charge transfer across electrode-electrolyte interfaces. In this work, free-standing hybrid electrode architectures based on 2D titanium carbide-cationic perylene diimide (TiCT@cPDI) via supramolecular self-assembly are developed.