Novel Synthesis of MXene/CeCr2O4 Nanocomposite and its Optimistic Characterizations for Energy Storage Applications

Abstract

Novel nanocomposite MXene/CeCr2O4 had been synthesized by means of inexpensive co-precipitation method. This paper reports the smooth nanocomposite of MXene/CeCr2O4 by co-precipitation method and the sol–gel route used for spinel cerium chromite (CeCr2O[Formula: see text] nanoparticles in which ethylene glycol chemical is exploited to restrain the accumulation of nanoparticles. The results show the formation of small nanoparticles with an average crystal crystalline size of CeCr2O4, MXene, MXene/CeCr2O4 nanocomposite is 37.9[Formula: see text]nm, 18.4[Formula: see text]nm, 11.15 nm, respectively. Characterizations, such as the X-ray diffraction (XRD), have demonstrated the amorphous nature of nanocomposite. The structural morphology [scanning electron microscopy (SEM)] shows the formation of nanocomposite with average particle size of[Formula: see text]nm of about 0.59[Formula: see text]nm. Raman spectroscopy shows that chemical bonding, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and photoluminance spectroscopy were performed and 3.56[Formula: see text]eV is band gap energy calculated from UV spectra. A comprehensive peak was noticed at 1425[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text] because of bending and stretching oscillations of O–H groups and zeta potential value[Formula: see text]19.1[Formula: see text]mV. All of these results confirmed the successful formation of nanocomposite of MXene/CeCr2O4. The resulting MXene/CeCr2O4 nanocomposite structure shows evidence of significant characteristics as compared to single material having much potential for numerous applications such as optical, energy storing and conductive applications.