Chemical Communications , 2014, 50 7420-7423.

One-step synthesis of nanocrystalline transition metal oxides on thin sheets of disordered graphitic carbon by oxidation of MXenes

Naguib, Michael | Mashtalir, Olha | Lukatskaya, Maria R. | Dyatkin, Boris | Zhang, Chuanfang | Presser, Volker | Gogotsi, Yury | Barsoum, Michel W.

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.

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