Hydrogen‐Bond Locking of MXene/Chitin Biocompatible Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors
Designing efficient ion transport channels in MXene-based flexible electrodes is crucial yet challenging for high-rate supercapacitors. Herein, a biocompatible hydrogen-bonding crosslinking strategy is presented to construct patterned MXene/chitin microsphere (CM) electrodes. Surface modification of MXene nanosheets with oxygen-containing groups, coupled with the natural polymer chitin, establishes a robust porous network stabilized by intensive hydrogen bonds. This unique architecture effectively mitigates self-restacking, reduces ion diffusion tortuosity, and exposes abundant active sites, leading to remarkable electrochemical performance with high capacitance of 421.5 F g<sup>-1</sup> and superior cycling stability (85.72% retention after 10 000 cycles). The successful fabrication of customizable patterns via a simple vacuum filtration method highlights their practicality for flexible digital devices. This study provides fundamental insights into non-covalent interaction-driven electrode engineering, offering a sustainable and biocompatible pathway toward future flexible energy storage systems.
Authors
- Juan Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5037-3217)
- Shuhui Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-2944)
- Kai Sun
- Xinxing Zhan
- Yadian Xie
- Lingyun Zhou
- Xianglin Pei
- Gaixia Zhang
- Diao Luo
- Xin Tong
Institutions
- Guizhou Normal University (CN)
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (CA)
- Guizhou Minzu University (CN)
- École de Technologie Supérieure (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2026-03-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202514129
- Primary Topic
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00