Radiation-Induced Surface Modification of MXene with Ionic Liquid to Improve Electrochemical Properties and Chemical Stability.

For the first time, an ionic liquid was grafted onto Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene interlayers (MXene- g -IL) using a radiation technique. The IL was tightly immobilized on the surface of MXene nanosheets via chemical linkage, which exhibited excellent specific capacitance (160 F g -1 at 5 mV s -1 ) and improved structural stability (maintaining the sheet-like structure for 180 days). The facile, efficient, and scalable synthetic strategy derived from the radiation technique can open a new avenue for covalent functionalization of MXene-based materials and promote their further application.