Zhang Y, Yang S, Wang S, Liu HK, Li L, Dou SX, Liu X. Engineering High-Performance MoO
2 -Based Nanomaterials with
Supercapacity and Superhydrophobicity by Tuning the Raw Materials Source.
Small 2018;
14:e1800480. [PMID:
29806191 DOI:
10.1002/smll.201800480]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2018] [Revised: 03/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Herein, a simple self-assembly method is proposed for the fabrication of MoO2 -based superhydrophobic material with record high contact angles (contact angle up to about 173°) for conductive metal oxides on hard/soft substrates. The spin-coated surface demonstrates excellent oil-water separation efficiency (>98%) after 50 cycles and robust corrosion resistance after immersion into different pH solutions for 20 d. These water-resistant coatings retain excellent superhydrophobicity after oil immersion, knife-scratch, and long-cycle sandpaper abrasion, which is not observed on most artificial surfaces. Meanwhile, the functionality switching from superhydrophobicity to supercapacity, which have an inverse relationship in aqueous solutions because of poor electrode wettability, is achieved simply by editing the raw materials source. Tuning of the raw materials leads to the same product MoO2 /graphitic carbon with different morphologies and functionalities. Different from superhydrophobic MoO2 /carbon ball flowers, MoO2 nanotubes with carbon exhibit excellent supercapacity with a large gravimetric capacitance and great cycling stability.
Collapse