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Highly Efficiently Delaminated Single-Layered MXene Nanosheets with Large Lateral Size
Single
layered Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanosheets
have been successfully fabricated by etching its Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> precursor with KOH in the presence of a small amount of water.
The OH group replaced the Al layer within the Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> structure during etching, and Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanosheets could be easily and efficiently achieved
through a simple washing process. The delaminated single-layered nanosheets
are clearly revealed by atomic force microscopy to be several micrometers
in lateral size. Interestingly, the exfoliated Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanosheets could be restacked to form a new
layer-structured material after drying. When redispersing this restacked
Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> materials in water again,
it could be re-delaminated easily only after shaking for several hours.
The easy delamination and restacking properties, coupled with intrinsic
metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity, make it an ideal two-dimensional
building block for fabricating a wide variety of functional materials