Mixed-size MXene for the application of high-performance transparent zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors
- Corresponding author: Cuie ZHAO, iamcezhao@njupt.edu.cn
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Qijia BAI, Xiang GAO, Yihang SHEN, Jiaqi LI, Yang CHEN, Cuie ZHAO. Mixed-size MXene for the application of high-performance transparent zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
;2026, 42(4): 703-712.
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10.11862/CJIC.20250331
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In panel c, from left to right: S-MXene, L-MXene/S-MXene(1∶1) (1∶1 Mix), L-MXene/S-MXene(2∶1) (2∶1 Mix), L-MXene/S-MXene(3∶1) (3∶1 Mix).