This article describes for the first time the fabrication of an asymmetric device, which is based on negative Ti3C2Tx (MXene) - multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) electrodes and positive polypyrrole (PPy)...

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Applications of bile acids (BAs) and bile salts (BSs) in the nanotechnology of functional materials are described. The exceptionally strong solubilization and dispersion power of BAs/BSs is a key factor for the solubilization of dyes, drugs, and polymers for electronic, optical, and biomedical devices, fabrication of composites, based on carbon nanotubes, graphene, diamonds, quantum dots, and polymers for applications in energy storage devices, coatings for corrosion protection of metals, sensors and electronic devices. BAs/BSs have attracted attention for synthesis, design, and surface modification of advanced materials. BAs/BSs are used as reducing, capping, chelating and dispersing agents for the synthesis of nanoparticles of metals and alloys, and low temperature synthesis of stoichiometric nanostructured complex oxides. BAs/BSs exhibit unique selfassembly properties, which are successfully used for the template synthesis of functional nanoparticles of controlled shapes. Particularly important are applications of BAs/BSs in the fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells with enhanced efficiency. Electrochemical strategies are discovered for the deposition of BA films and composites. Of particular interest are the unique gel-forming properties of BAs/BSs, which provide a basis for the synthesis of nanoparticles of controlled size and fabrication of novel materials with advanced functionality.

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This investigation is motivated by increasing interest in the development of magnetically ordered pseudocapacitors (MOPC), which exhibit interesting magnetocapacitive effects. Here, advanced pseudocapacitive properties of magnetic CuFe2O4 nanoparticles in negative potential range are reported, suggesting that CuFe2O4 is a promising MOPC and advanced negative electrode material for supercapacitors. A high capacitance of 2.76 F cm−2 is achieved at a low electrode resistance in a relatively large potential window of 0.8 V. The cyclic voltammograms and galvanostatic charge–discharge data show nearly ideal pseudocapacitive behavior. Good electrochemical performance is achieved at a high active mass loading due to the use of chelating molecules of ammonium salt of purpuric acid (ASPA) as a co-dispersant for CuFe2O4 nanoparticles and conductive multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) additives. The adsorption of ASPA on different materials is linked to structural features of ASPA, which allows for different interaction and adsorption mechanisms. The combination of advanced magnetic and pseudocapacitive properties in a negative potential range in a single MOPC material provides a platform for various effects related to the influence of pseudocapacitive/magnetic properties on magnetic/pseudocapacitive behavior.