The aim of the present invention is to provide an electrolyte system for prolonging the life of lithium metal anode-based secondary batteries while maintaining the energy density of the batteries. The ultimate aim of the present invention is to use lithium metal in combination with cathodes, such as transition metal oxide, sulfur, and air electrodes, that are currently used in lithium ion batteries for future unmanned electric vehicles and grid energy storage systems as well as in lithium metal secondary batteries with high energy density. The use of lithium metal is also expected to contribute to the development of newly emerging unmanned aircrafts such as drones. The present invention is expected to be globally competitive in the secondary battery and electrochemical capacitor industries. Research on the safety of high density energy materials, particularly when handled, is attracting a great deal of researchers' attention because high energy density is achieved at the sacrifice of safety in the commercialization of products. Due to the social and technological criticism associated with the recent explosion of smartphones, it is particularly necessary to ensure safety of batteries with high energy density. Particularly, next-generation batteries have energy densities at least substantially two times to a maximum of eight times higher than existing lithium ion batteries. For this reason, next-generation batteries and systems using next-generation batteries should be necessarily investigated and verified for safety. Therefore, the present invention provides a method for forming a Mxene thin film as a stable SEI film that can stabilize a lithium metal anode of a lithium metal secondary battery that may catch fire or explode and can suppress the formation and diffusion of lithium dendrites to prevent the occurrence of an internal short circuit.

A device for coating semiconductor/semiconductor precursor particles on a flexible substrate and a preparation method of a semiconducting thin film, wherein the device includes: a container for a first and second solvent substantially immiscible; injection means for injecting a predetermined dispersion volume of at least one layered semiconductor particle material or its precursor(s), occurring at a liquid-liquid interface formed within the container and between the first and second solvent, and creating a particle film at the liquid-liquid interface; a first support means; substrate extracting means; substrate supply means; compression means, reducing a distance between particles and push the film onto the substrate, wherein the compression means includes several pushing means mounted on a drive device, wherein at least two of the several pushing means are at least partially submerged in the second solvent during drive device rotation, and moved through the second solvent toward the first support means.

A method for transferring an assembly of oriented nanowires from a liquid interface onto a surface including providing a first liquid and a second liquid, wherein the first and second liquids phase separate into a bottom phase, a top phase and an interface between the bottom phase and the top phase, providing nanowires in the first and second liquids such that the majority of the nanowires are located at the interface and providing the nanowires onto a substrate such that a majority of the nanowires are aligned with respect to each other on the substrate.

A nanowire device and a method of making a nanowire device are provided. The device includes a plurality of nanowires functionalized with different functionalizing compounds. The method includes functionalizing the nanowires with a functionalizing compound, dispersing the nanowires in a polar or semi-polar solvent, aligning the nanowires on a substrate such that longitudinal axes of the nanowires are oriented about perpendicular to a major surface of the substrate, and fixing the nanowires to the substrate.

A process for depositing a compact film of particles on an internal surface of a part, including: a) placing the part in a carrier liquid; b) generating a carrier liquid stream in a hollow of the part towards a surface of the carrier liquid, to create a protuberance; c) dispensing the particles to form a compact film floating on the liquid between a contact line and an upstream front of particles; and d) transferring the film onto the internal surface by operating a relative displacement between the part and the surface of the carrier liquid, while continuing dispensing the particles on the upstream front.

High density films of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes having a high degree of nanotube alignment are provided. Also provided are methods of making the films and field effect transistors (FETs) that incorporate the films as conducting channel materials. The single-walled carbon nanotubes are deposited from a thin layer of organic solvent containing solubilized single-walled carbon nanotubes that is continuously supplied to the surface of an aqueous medium, inducing evaporative self-assembly upon contacting a solid substrate.

A method for transferring an assembly of oriented nanowires from a liquid interface onto a surface including providing a first liquid and a second liquid, wherein the first and second liquids phase separate into a bottom phase, a top phase and an interface between the bottom phase and the top phase, providing nanowires in the first and second liquids such that the majority of the nanowires are located at the interface and providing the nanowires onto a substrate such that a majority of the nanowires are aligned with respect to each other on the substrate.