Self-Assembled Polyaniline/Ti3C2Tx Nanocomposites for High-Performance Electrochromic Films
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Preparation of Ti3C2Tx MXene
2.2.2. Synthesis of PANI
2.2.3. Preparation of PANI/MXene Nanocomposite and Electrochromic Films
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Electrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lin, T.; Liu, W.; Yan, B.; Li, J.; Lin, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Shi, Z.; Chen, S. Self-Assembled Polyaniline/Ti3C2Tx Nanocomposites for High-Performance Electrochromic Films. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2956. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112956
Lin T, Liu W, Yan B, Li J, Lin Y, Zhao Y, Shi Z, Chen S. Self-Assembled Polyaniline/Ti3C2Tx Nanocomposites for High-Performance Electrochromic Films. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):2956. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112956
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Tao, Wenlong Liu, Bin Yan, Jing Li, Yi Lin, Yinghui Zhao, Zheng Shi, and Sheng Chen. 2021. "Self-Assembled Polyaniline/Ti3C2Tx Nanocomposites for High-Performance Electrochromic Films" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 2956. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112956