Inkjet-printed flexible V2CTx film electrodes with excellent photoelectric properties and high capacities for energy storage device

Abstract

Energy storage devices are progressively advancing in the light-weight, flexible, and wearable direction. Ti3C2Tx flexible film electrodes fabricated via a non-contact, cost-effective, high-efficiency, and large-scale inkjet printing technology were capable of satisfying these demands in our previous report. However, other MXenes that can be employed in flexible energy storage devices remain undiscovered. Herein, flexible V2CTx film electrodes (with the low formula weight vs Ti3C2Tx film electrodes) with both high capacities and excellent photoelectric properties were first fabricated. The area capacitances of V2CTx film electrodes reached 531.3–5787.0 μF⋅cm−2 at 5 mV⋅s−1, corresponding to the figure of merits (FoMs) of 0.07–0.15. Noteworthy, V2CTx film electrode exhibited excellent cyclic stability with the capacitance retention of 83 % after 7,000 consecutive charge–discharge cycles. Furthermore, flexible all solid-state symmetric V2CTx supercapacitor was assembled with the area capacitance of 23.4 μF⋅cm−2 at 5 mV⋅s−1. Inkjet printing technology reaches the combination of excellent photoelectric properties and high capacities of flexible V2CTx film electrodes, which provides a new strategy for manufacturing MXene film electrodes, broadening the application prospect of flexible energy storage devices.