Engineering the next generation of MXenes: challenges and strategies for scalable production and enhanced performance

Two-dimensional nanomaterials, such as MXenes, have garnered significant attention due to their excellent properties, including electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and thermal stability. These properties make them promising candidates for energy storage and catalysis applications. However, several challenges impede their large-scale production and industrial application. Issues such as high production costs, safety concerns related to toxic etching agents, instability in oxidative environments, and the complex synthesis process must be addressed. In this review, we systematically analyze current methodologies for scaling up MXene production, focusing on the synthesis and etching of MAX phases,…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 22005150
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
• NU
  Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology