In Situ Construction of Bimetallic Selenides Heterogeneous Interface on Oxidation‐Stable Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i> MXene Toward Lithium Storage with Ultrafast Charge Transfer Kinetics
Lei Wang, Shasha Zhao, Xiong Zhang, Yanan Xu, Yabin An, Chen Li, Sha Yi, Cong Liu, Kai Wang, Xianzhong Sun, Haitao Zhang, Yanwei Ma
Abstract
Abstract Ti 3 C 2 T x (MXene) is widely acknowledged as an excellent substrate for constructing heterogeneous structures with transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) for boosting the electrochemical performance of lithium‐ion storage. However, conventional synthesis strategies inevitably lead to poor electrochemical charge transfer due to Ti 3 C 2 T x ‐derived TiO 2 at the heterogeneous interface between Ti 3 C 2 T x and TMCs. Here, an innovative in situ selenization strategy is proposed to replace the originally generated TiO 2 on Ti 3 C 2 T x with metallic TiSe 2 interphase, clearing the bottleneck of slow charge transfer barrier caused by MXene oxidation. The construction of bimetallic selenide formed by CoSe 2 and TiSe 2 generates intrinsic electric fields to guide the fast ion diffusion kinetics in a heterogeneous interface. Additionally, the CoSe 2 /TiSe 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x heterogeneous structure with enhanced structural stability and improved rate performance is confirmed by both experiments and theoretical calculations. The engineered heterogeneous structure exhibits an ultra‐high pseudocapacitance contribution (73.1% at 0.1 mV s −1 ), rendering it well‐suited to offset the kinetics differences between double‐layer materials. The assembled lithium‐ion capacitor based on CoSe 2 /TiSe 2 /Ti 3 C 2 T x possesses a high energy density and an ultralong life span (89.5% after 10 000 times at 2 A g −1 ). This devised strategy provides a feasible solution for utilizing the performance advantages of MXene substrates in lithium storage with ultrafast charge transfer kinetics.