Boron Quantum Dots Pillared Ti 3 C 2 T x Membrane Electrode with High Rate Performance for Supercapacitor.

A sonication-assisted liquid-phase preparation technique is developed to prepare boron quantum dots (BQDs) with a lateral size of 3 nm in a solution of NMP and NBA; it shows a direct bandgap semiconductor with a bandgap of 3 eV and a specific capacitance of 41 F g -1 . A BQDs(10)-Ti 3 C 2 T x membrane electrode with excellent capacitance and high flexibility is prepared by using Ti 3 C 2 T x nanosheets (NSs) as assembled units and BQDs as pillar; it gives a specific capacitance of 524 F g -1 at 1 A g -1 in 6 m H 2 SO 4 electrolyte, a high capacity retention of 75%, and a minimum relaxation time of 0.51 s. An all-solid-state BQDs(10)-Ti 3 C 2 T x flexibility supercapacitor is assembled by using a BQDs(10)-Ti 3 C 2 T x membrane as electrodes and PVA/H 2 SO 4 hydrogel as electrolyte; it not only shows an area specific capacitance of 552 mF cm -2 at 1.25 mA cm -2 , a retention rate of 75%, a capacity retention of 93% after 5000 cycles, and an energy density of 40.4 Wh cm -3 at a volume power density of 416 W cm -3 , but also provides superior flexibility and can be bent to different degrees, showing that the assembled BQDs(10)-Ti 3 C 2 T x membrane electrode and BQDs(10)-Ti 3 C 2 T x flexible supercapacitor display broad application prospects in field of portable/wearable electronic devices.