Journal article
StableTi 3 C 2 T x MXene Ink Formulation and High‐Resolution Aerosol Jet Printing for High‐Performance MXene Supercapacitors
Small methods, v 9(11), 2500499
Nov 2025
PMID: 40437315
Abstract
Lightweight energy storage devices are essential for developing compact wearable and distributed electronics, and additive manufacturing offers a scalable, low‐cost approach to fabricating such devices with complex geometries. However, additive manufacturing of high‐performance, on‐demand energy storage devices remains challenging due to the need for stable, multifunctional nanomaterial inks. Herein, the development of 2‐dimensional (2D) titanium carbide (Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene) ink that is compatible with aerosol jet printing for energy storage applications is demonstrated. The developed MXene ink demonstrates long‐term chemical and physical stability, ensuring consistent printability and achieving high‐resolution prints (≈45 µm width lines) with minimal overspray. The high‐resolution aerosol‐jet printed MXene supercapacitor achieves an areal capacitance of 122 mF cm −2 and a volumetric capacitance of 611 F cm −3 , placing them among the highest‐performing printed supercapacitors reported to date. These findings highlight the potential of aerosol jet printing with MXene inks for on‐demand, scalable, and cost‐effective fabrication of printed electronic and electrochemical devices.
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- Title
- StableTi 3 C 2 T x MXene Ink Formulation and High‐Resolution Aerosol Jet Printing for High‐Performance MXene Supercapacitors
- Creators
- Fereshteh Rajabi Kouchi - Boise State UniversityTony Valayil Varghese - Boise State UniversityHailey Burgoyne - Boise State UniversityNaqsh E Mansoor - Boise State UniversityMyeong‐Lok Seol - Universities Space Research AssociationNicholas McKibben - Boise State UniversityShruti Nirantar - Boise State UniversityKarthik Chinnathambi - Boise State UniversityJosh Eixenberger - Boise State UniversityOlivia Maryon - Boise State UniversityChristopher E Shuck - A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering Drexel University Philadelphia PA 19104 USA, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Rutgers University Piscataway NJ 08854 USAYury Gogotsi - Drexel University, Materials Science and EngineeringJessica E. Koehne - Universities Space Research AssociationDavid Estrada - Idaho National Laboratory
- Publication Details
- Small methods, v 9(11), 2500499
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- Department of Energy Nuclear Science User Facilities General Infrastructure Program: 80NSSC19M0151 National Aeronautics and Space Administration EPSCoR: 2113873 National Science Foundation IUCRC Phase II ATOMIC Center: 3732018 Idaho Commerce IGEM: DE-AC07-05ID14517, DE-NE0008677, DE-NE0008496 Department of Energy Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation program under DOE Idaho Operations Office: 1727026 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation programMurdock Charitable TrustFulbright Program: 1945650 National Science Foundation: SCR_024733 NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate's Game Changing Development program: P20GM148321, P20GM103408 National Institutes of Health under the Institutional Development Awards Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences [NIGMS]
The authors acknowledge funding support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration EPSCoR (grant # 80NSSC19M0151), National Science Foundation IUCRC Phase II ATOMIC Center (award #2113873), and Idaho Commerce IGEM (award #3732018). DE acknowledges infrastructure support in part through the Department of Energy Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation program under DOE Idaho Operations Office Contract DE-AC07-05ID14517, the Department of Energy Nuclear Science User Facilities General Infrastructure Program through award numbers DE-NE0008677 and DE-NE0008496, National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation program (#1727026) and the Murdock Charitable Trust. S.N. acknowledges support from the Fulbright Program. OOM acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (#1945650). J.E.K. and M.L.S. acknowledge support from the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate's Game Changing Development program. The views and opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. Government or any agency thereof. This research utilized the XRD, SEM, and TEM in the Boise State University FaCT Core Facility, RRID: SCR_024733, which receives support from the National Institutes of Health under the Institutional Development Awards Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences [NIGMS] via grants P20GM148321 and P20GM103408.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001498048800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105006854636
- Other Identifier
- 991022054304304721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology