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Review of MXenes as new nanomaterials for energy storage/delivery and selected environmental applications

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Energy and environmental issues presently attract a great deal of scientific attention. Recently, two-dimensional MXenes and MXene-based nanomaterials have attracted increasing interest because of their unique properties (e.g., remarkable safety, a very large interlayer spacing, environmental flexibility, a large surface area, and thermal conductivity). In 2011, multilayered MXenes (Ti3C2Tx, a new family of two-dimensional (2D) materials) produced by etching an A layer from a MAX phase of Ti3AlC2, were first described by researchers at Drexel University. The term “MXene” was coined to distinguish this new family of 2D materials from graphene, and applies to both the original MAX phases and MXenes fabricated from them. We present a comprehensive review of recent studies on energy and environmental applications of MXene and MXene-based nanomaterials, including energy conversion and storage, adsorption, membrane, photocatalysis, and antimicrobial. Future research needs are discussed briefly with current challenges that must be overcome before we completely understand the extraordinary properties of MXene and MXene-based nanomaterials.

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This research was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment, ‘GAIA Project, 2018002470005’ (Republic of Korea). This research was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1D1A1B04033506), and a grant (code 19IFIP-B088091-06) from Industrial Facilities & Infrastructure Research Program funded by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korean government (Republic of Korea).

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    Byung-Moon Jun, Sewoon Kim & Yeomin Yoon

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    Jiyong Heo, Namguk Her & Jonghun Han

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    Min Jang

  5. School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes (IMP), The University of Edinburgh, Colin Maclaurin Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3DW, Scotland, UK

    Yi Huang

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Jun, BM., Kim, S., Heo, J. et al. Review of MXenes as new nanomaterials for energy storage/delivery and selected environmental applications. Nano Res. 12, 471–487 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-018-2225-3

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