@article{NaguibMashtalirLukatskayaetal.2014, author = {Naguib, Michael and Mashtalir, Olha and Lukatskaya, Maria R. and Dyatkin, Boris and Zhang, Chuanfang and Presser, Volker and Gogotsi, Yury and Barsoum, Michel W.}, title = {One-step synthesis of nanocrystalline transition metal oxides on thin sheets of disordered graphitic carbon by oxidation of MXenes}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {50}, issn = {1359-7345}, doi = {10.1039/C4CC01646G}, institution = {Energy Materials}, pages = {7420 -- 7423}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Herein we show that heating 2D Ti 3 C 2 in air resulted in TiO 2 nanocrystals on thin sheets of disordered graphitic carbon structure that can handle extremely high cycling rates when tested as anodes in lithium ion batteries. Oxidation of 2D Ti 3 C 2 in either CO 2 or pressurized water also resulted in TiO 2 /C hybrid structure. Similarly, other hybrids can be produced, as we show here for Nb 2 O 5 /C from 2D Nb 2 C.}, language = {en} }