A review on MXene synthesis, stability, and photocatalytic applications

G Murali, JK Reddy Modigunta, YH Park, JH Lee… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic water splitting, CO2 reduction, and pollutant degradation have emerged as
promising strategies to remedy the existing environmental and energy crises. However …

MXenes as emerging nanomaterials in water purification and environmental remediation

S Yu, H Tang, D Zhang, S Wang, M Qiu, G Song… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution has accelerated and intensified because of the acceleration of
industrialization, therefore fabricating excellent materials to remove hazardous pollutants …

Two-dimensional MXenes: From morphological to optical, electric, and magnetic properties and applications

X Jiang, AV Kuklin, A Baev, Y Ge, H Ågren, H Zhang… - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
MXenes, generally referring to two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbides, nitrides, and
carbonitrides, have received tremendous attention since the first report in 2011. Extensive …

Recent advances in designing ZnIn2S4-based heterostructured photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

C Liu, Q Zhang, Z Zou - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Water and solar energy are inexhaustible on Earth, and thus hydrogen evolution through
photocatalytic water splitting taking sunlight as the input energy is an ideal green energy …

Structure and performance insights in carbon dots-functionalized MXene-epoxy ultrathin anticorrosion coatings

J Ding, H Zhao, H Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
MXene nanosheets have showed potential application in metal protection fields due to their
large specific surface area and superior mechanical properties. However, MXene for …

MXenes as noble-metal-alternative co-catalysts in photocatalysis

K Li, S Zhang, Y Li, J Fan, K Lv - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has become a focal point in research as a clean and sustainable technology
with the potential to solve environmental problems and energy crises. The loading of noble …

Rapid growth of MXene-based membranes for sustainable environmental pollution remediation

I Raheem, NM Mubarak, RR Karri, NH Solangi… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Water consumption has grown in recent years due to rising urbanization and industry. As a
result, global water stocks are steadily depleting. As a result, it is critical to seek strategies for …

Positioning MXenes in the photocatalysis landscape: competitiveness, challenges, and future perspectives

X Xie, N Zhang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
MXenes are becoming a worthy contender for boosting the efficacy of semiconductor
photocatalysts because of their rich surface and electronic properties, which is exemplified …

Interfacial engineering of Ti3C2 MXene/CdIn2S4 Schottky heterojunctions for boosting visible-light H2 evolution and Cr (VI) reduction

C Liu, W Xiao, G Yu, Q Wang, J Hu, C Xu, X Du… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing efficient heterojunction photocatalysts that have a high charge carrier separation
rate and improved light-harvesting capacity is a crucial step in solving energy crisis and …

Recent progress and advances in the environmental applications of MXene related materials

J Chen, Q Huang, H Huang, L Mao, M Liu, X Zhang… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
MXenes are a new type of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbide or carbonitride
material with a 2D structure similar to graphene. The general formula of MXenes is Mn+ …