Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

J Pang, RG Mendes, A Bachmatiuk, L Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

Synthesis and nano-engineering of MXenes for energy conversion and storage applications: Recent advances and perspectives

T Najam, SSA Shah, L Peng, MS Javed, M Imran… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
MXenes, with general formula M n+ 1 X n T x,(where n= 1–4; M= early transition metals; X=
C, N, or a combination of both; T x= surface functional groups like–OH,-O,-F, or-Cl) are a …

Strain engineering of two-dimensional multilayered heterostructures for beyond-lithium-based rechargeable batteries

P Xiong, F Zhang, X Zhang, S Wang, H Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Beyond-lithium-ion batteries are promising candidates for high-energy-density, low-cost and
large-scale energy storage applications. However, the main challenge lies in the …

Rationally designed Ti3C2/N, S-TiO2/g-C3N4 ternary heterostructure with spatial charge separation for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

L Biswal, S Nayak, K Parida - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The charge separation and transfer are the major issues dominating the under-laying
energy conversion mechanism for photocatalytic system. Construction of semiconductor …

Recent progress in designing stable composite lithium anodes with improved wettability

ZJ Zheng, H Ye, ZP Guo - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium (Li) is a promising battery anode because of its high theoretical capacity and low
reduction potential, but safety hazards that arise from its continuous dendrite growth and …

Interfacial Solid-State Mediator-Based Z-Scheme Heterojunction TiO2@Ti3C2/MgIn2S4 Microflower for Efficient Photocatalytic Pharmaceutical Micropollutant …

L Biswal, L Acharya, BP Mishra, S Das… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interface engineering is a vital concern to achieve high efficiency in heterojunction
photocatalysts. The judicious design of efficient interfacial electron mediators to accelerate …

Rational design of flexible two-dimensional MXenes with multiple functionalities

Z Fu, N Wang, D Legut, C Si, Q Zhang, S Du… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides, and
carbonitrides (MXenes) have attracted attention and interest from the scientific community …

Bio-inspired transparent MXene electrodes for flexible UV photodetectors

J Chen, Z Li, F Ni, W Ouyang, X Fang - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
2D transition metal carbides (MXenes) have emerged as one of the representative materials
for transparent electrodes of electronics, but it is still a challenge to achieve highly …

Fabrication of TiO2 nanofibers/MXene Ti3C2 nanocomposites for photocatalytic H2 evolution by electrostatic self-assembly

Y Zhuang, Y Liu, X Meng - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconductor based photocatalytic water splitting as a most bright method to solve the
energy crisis has been widely studied in the past decade. Among them, MXene has become …

The recent advances in the mechanical properties of self-standing two-dimensional MXene-based nanostructures: Deep insights into the supercapacitor

Y Ibrahim, A Mohamed, AM Abdelgawad, K Eid… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
MXenes have emerged as promising materials for various mechanical applications due to
their outstanding physicochemical merits, multilayered structures, excellent strength …