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 …

Clean air is probably the most essential before water for human health and well-being, but
human activities associated with socioeconomic developments are the key pollution …

Bismuth (Bi), as a nontoxic and inexpensive diamagnetic heavy metal, has recently been
utilized for the preparation of a variety of nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires …

The discovery of graphene one decade ago has triggered enormous interest in developing
two-dimensional materials (2DMs)—that is 2D allotropes of various elements or compounds …

Phosphorene, an emerging two-dimensional material, has received considerable attention
due to its layer-controlled direct bandgap, high carrier mobility, negative Poisson's ratio and …

Despite the ever-growing demand in safe and high power/energy density of Li+ ion and Li
metal rechargeable batteries (LIBs), materials-related challenges are responsible for the …

Since graphene became available by a scotch tape technique, a vast class of two-
dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) layered materials has been researched intensively …

The successful isolation of phosphorene (atomic layer thick black phosphorus) in 2014 has
currently aroused the interest of 2D material researchers. In this review, first, the …

A new class of two-dimensional nanomaterials, MXenes, which are carbides/nitrides/
carbonitrides of transition and refractory metals, has been critically analyzed. Since the …

In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) black phosphorus (BP) has been widely applied in
many fields, such as (opto) electronics, transistors, catalysis and biomedical applications …