Recent Progress and New Horizons in Emerging Novel MXene-Based Materials for Energy Storage Applications for Current Environmental Remediation and Energy Crises

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  • 1. Additive Manufacturing Institute, Shenzhen University, Shenzhe 518060, Guangdong, China;
    2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, China;
    3. Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory of Phosphorene and Optoelectronics, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, China;
    4. Department of Bio-Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan;
    5. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China;
    6. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
    7. School of Science, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;
    8. Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Received date: 2022-04-26

  Revised date: 2022-10-31

  Online published: 2024-09-23

Abstract

Unsustainable fossil fuel energy usage and its environmental impacts are the most significant scientific challenges in the scientific community. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have received a lot of attention recently because of their great potential for application in addressing some of society’s most enduring issues with renewable energy. Transition metal-based nitrides, carbides, or carbonitrides, known as “MXenes”, are a relatively new and large family of 2D materials. Since the discovery of the first MXene, Ti3C2 in 2011 has become one of the fastest-expanding families of 2D materials with unique physiochemical features. MXene surface terminations with hydroxyl, oxygen, fluorine, etc., are invariably present in the so far reported materials, imparting hydrophilicity to their surfaces. The current finding of multi-transition metal-layered MXenes with controlled surface termination capacity opens the door to fabricating unique structures for producing renewable energy. MXene NMs-based flexible chemistry allows them to be tuned for energy-producing/storage, electromagnetic interference shielding, gas/biosensors, water distillation, nanocomposite reinforcement, lubrication, and photo/electro/chemical catalysis. This review will first discuss the advancement of MXenes synthesis methods, their properties/stability, and renewable energy applications. Secondly, we will highlight the constraints and challenges that impede the scientific community from synthesizing functional MXene with controlled composition and properties. We will further reveal the high-tech implementations for renewable energy storage applications along with future challenges and their solutions.

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Karim Khan, Ayesha Khan Tareen, Muhammad Iqbal, Ye Zhang, Asif Mahmood, Nasir mahmood, Zhe Shi, Chunyang Ma, J. R. Rosin, Han Zhang . Recent Progress and New Horizons in Emerging Novel MXene-Based Materials for Energy Storage Applications for Current Environmental Remediation and Energy Crises[J]. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2024 , 7(3) : 22 . DOI: 10.1007/s41918-024-00224-x

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