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  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
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Research Progress and Challenges of Carbon/MXene Composites for Supercapacitors

  • Li Sun,
  • Yu Dong,
  • Hangyu Li,
  • Hanqi Meng,
  • Jianfei Liu,
  • Qigao Cao and
  • Chunxu Pan

7 November 2024

Carbon materials/MXenes composite materials have gained widespread attention in the field of supercapacitors due to their excellent electrochemical performance. Carbon materials are considered ideal electrode materials for supercapacitors due to thei...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,566 Views
36 Pages

Two-Dimensional Non-Carbon Materials-Based Electrochemical Printed Sensors: An Updated Review

  • Shaili Falina,
  • Khairu Anuar,
  • Saiful Arifin Shafiee,
  • Joon Ching Juan,
  • Asrulnizam Abd Manaf,
  • Hiroshi Kawarada and
  • Mohd Syamsul

1 December 2022

Recently, there has been increasing interest in electrochemical printed sensors for a wide range of applications such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, food safety, and environmental fields. A major challenge is to obtain selective, sensitive, and relia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,820 Views
13 Pages

13 September 2024

Superhydrophobic strain sensors are highly promising for human motion and health monitoring in wet environments. However, the introduction of superhydrophobicity inevitably alters the mechanical and conductive properties of these sensors, affecting s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
571 Views
14 Pages

15 November 2025

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of smart materials that exhibit unique shape-fixing and recovery abilities, attracting wide attention for applications in electronics, aerospace, and biomedical engineering. Chitosan (CS) as a renewable biopol...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,303 Views
35 Pages

Current Trends and Promising Electrode Materials in Micro-Supercapacitor Printing

  • Tatiana L. Simonenko,
  • Nikolay P. Simonenko,
  • Philipp Yu. Gorobtsov,
  • Elizaveta P. Simonenko and
  • Nikolay T. Kuznetsov

9 September 2023

The development of scientific and technological foundations for the creation of high-performance energy storage devices is becoming increasingly important due to the rapid development of microelectronics, including flexible and wearable microelectron...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,000 Views
21 Pages

Research Progress on Two-Dimensional Layered MXene/Elastomer Nanocomposites

  • Hailan Kang,
  • Lishuo Han,
  • Shule Chen,
  • Shuao Xie,
  • Mengjiang Li,
  • Qinghong Fang and
  • Shaojian He

29 September 2022

Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbon/nitrogen/carbon nitride (MXene) has extremely high conductivity and easily modifiable surface functional groups. Compared with graphene, another 2D layered material, MXene is easily dispersed in water owin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,866 Views
48 Pages

In recent years, MXene-based materials have received extensive interest for a variety of applications, including energy storage, solar cells, sensors, photo-catalysis, etc., due to their extraordinary optoelectronic and physicochemical properties. MX...

  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,510 Views
60 Pages

Preparations and Applications of MXene–Metal Composites: A Review

  • Maaz Ullah Khan,
  • LiJing Du,
  • Shuai Fu,
  • Detian Wan,
  • Yiwang Bao,
  • Qingguo Feng,
  • Salvatore Grasso and
  • Chunfeng Hu

11 April 2022

MXene, an advanced family of 2D ceramic material resembling graphene, has had a considerable impact on the field of research because of its unique physiochemical properties. MXene has been synthesized by the selective etching of MAX via different tec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,497 Views
39 Pages

MXene/Carbon Nanocomposites for Water Treatment

  • Aruzhan Keneshbekova,
  • Gaukhar Smagulova,
  • Bayan Kaidar,
  • Aigerim Imash,
  • Akram Ilyanov,
  • Ramazan Kazhdanbekov,
  • Eleonora Yensep and
  • Aidos Lesbayev

25 August 2024

One of the most critical problems faced by modern civilization is the depletion of freshwater resources due to their continuous consumption and contamination with different organic and inorganic pollutants. This paper considers the potential of alrea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,866 Views
13 Pages

Three-Dimensional Superhydrophobic Hollow Hemispherical MXene for Efficient Water-in-Oil Emulsions Separation

  • Haoran Chen,
  • Riyuan Wang,
  • Weiming Meng,
  • Fanglin Chen,
  • Tao Li,
  • Dingding Wang,
  • Chunxiang Wei,
  • Hongdian Lu and
  • Wei Yang

27 October 2021

A superhydrophobic macroporous material composed of hollow hemispherical MXene (HSMX) was synthesized by the thermal annealing of MXene-wrapped cationic polystyrene spheres (CPS@MXene). Notably, the spherical MXene shells exhibited highly efficient c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,580 Views
13 Pages

Supercapacitor Performance of MXene-Coated Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes

  • Seon Kyung Kim,
  • Seung Ah Kim,
  • Yoon Soo Han and
  • Kyung-Hye Jung

29 March 2024

MXenes consisting of thin layers of transition metal carbides or nitrides are good candidates for electrode materials due to their excellent electrical conductivity and fast ion transfer. Electrospun carbon nanofibers are highly porous and electrical...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,908 Views
32 Pages

Two-dimensional transition metal carbides/nitrides (MXenes) are emerging members of the two-dimensional material family, obtained by removing the A layer of the MAX phase through methods such as liquid-phase etching. This article summarizes the struc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,064 Views
28 Pages

Fabrication, Performance, and Potential Applications of MXene Composite Aerogels

  • Zhicheng Chen,
  • Xinming Fu,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Yiheng Song and
  • Xianze Yin

11 July 2023

Aerogel, known as one of the remarkable materials in the 21st century, possesses exceptional characteristics such as high specific surface area, porosity, and elasticity, making it suitable for a diverse range of applications. In recent years, MXene-...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,985 Views
30 Pages

23 October 2023

With their rich surface chemistry, high electrical conductivity, variable bandgap, and thermal stability, 2D materials have been developed for effective electrochemical energy conversion systems over the past decade. Due to the diversity brought abou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,951 Views
23 Pages

Structure, Synthesis, and Catalytic Performance of Emerging MXene-Based Catalysts

  • Zhengxiang Sun,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Vitaly Edwardovich Matulis and
  • Korchak Vladimir

14 March 2024

As traditional fossil fuel energy development faces significant challenges, two-dimensional layered materials have become increasingly popular in various fields and have generated widespread research interest. MXene is an exceptional catalytic materi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,774 Views
11 Pages

Enhancement of the Catalytic Effect on the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Formic Acid Using MXene (Ti3C2Tx)-Modified Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode

  • Prastika Krisma Jiwanti,
  • Asmaul Mashad Alfaza,
  • Grandprix T. M. Kadja,
  • Suci A. C. Natalya,
  • Fuja Sagita,
  • Yasuaki Einaga,
  • Aning Purwaningsih,
  • Ilma Amalina and
  • Intan Nurul Rizki

6 June 2023

The rising concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) as one of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is a major source of worry. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 is one of many ways to convert CO2 gas into usable compounds. An electrochemical technique...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,997 Views
13 Pages

MXene (Ti3C2Tx) Functionalized Short Carbon Fibers as a Cross-Scale Mechanical Reinforcement for Epoxy Composites

  • Lu Liu,
  • Guobing Ying,
  • Cheng Sun,
  • Huihua Min,
  • Jianxin Zhang,
  • Yinlong Zhao,
  • Dong Wen,
  • Ziying Ji,
  • Xing Liu and
  • Chen Zhang
  • + 1 author

31 May 2021

The surface modification technology of carbon fibers (CFs) have achieved considerable development, and it has achieved great success in improving the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) of the polymer matrix. Among them, MXene (Ti3C2Tx) functionalized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,677 Views
13 Pages

ZIF-67-Derived Co/N-Doped Carbon-Functionalized MXene for Enhanced Electrochemical Sensing of Carbendazim

  • Shuxian Chen,
  • Jiamin Zou,
  • Xiaowei Pan,
  • Shaodong Zeng,
  • Yuanjing Liu,
  • Jianzhi Ye,
  • Limin Lu,
  • Shu Yang and
  • Guoyan Zhan

30 October 2023

Herein, ZIF-67-derived Co and N-doped carbon (Co/NC) particle-modified multilayer MXene (MXene@Co/NC) was developed as remarkable electrode material for carbendazim (CBZ) detection. MXene as a substrate provides an excellent conductive framework and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
119 Citations
12,292 Views
22 Pages

The two Dimensional (2D) materials such as MXene and graphene, are most promising materials, as they have attractive properties and attract numerous application areas like sensors, supper capacitors, displays, wearable devices, batteries, and Electro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,416 Views
15 Pages

Metal-organic Framework ZIF-67 Functionalized MXene for Enhancing the Fire Safety of Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

  • Mei Wan,
  • Congling Shi,
  • Xiaodong Qian,
  • Yueping Qin,
  • Jingyun Jing and
  • Honglei Che

29 March 2022

In this work, a novel functionalization strategy for ZIF-67-modified layered MXene was proposed, aiming at improving the fire safety of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU). The ZIF-67@MXene was verified by microscopic morphology, elemental composition,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,685 Views
11 Pages

MXene Enabling the Long-Term Superior Thermo-Oxidative Resistance for Elastomers

  • Gui-Xiang Liu,
  • Ya-Dong Yang,
  • Ding Zhu,
  • Yan-Chan Wei,
  • Shuangquan Liao and
  • Mingchao Luo

4 February 2021

The ability of long-term thermo-oxidative resistance is very important for elastomers in application. However, many conventional antioxidants are difficult to realize the long-term thermo-oxidative resistance. To overcome this limitation, a design st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,025 Views
20 Pages

MXenes have emerged as promising candidates for energy storage and catalyst design. Through detailed density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we designed a series of new 2D composite MXene-based nanomaterials by covering excellent TM3N2 MXenes (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,882 Views
13 Pages

16 February 2023

In this study, MXene-derived/NiCoFe-LDH heterostructures with three-dimensional interconnected porous network microstructures were prepared, leveraging the excellent electrical conductivity and growth platform provided by the MXene material. The rema...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,652 Views
44 Pages

MXenes, a groundbreaking class of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, have emerged as highly promising materials for photocatalytic applications due to their unique structural, electrical, and surface properti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,961 Views
17 Pages

Designing of High-Performance MnNiS@MXene Hybrid Electrode for Energy Storage and Photoelectrochemical Applications

  • Maqsood Ahmad,
  • Muhammad Imran,
  • Amir Muhammad Afzal,
  • Muhammad Ahsan ul Haq,
  • Areej S. Alqarni,
  • Muhammad Waqas Iqbal,
  • Shams A. M. Issa and
  • Hesham M. H. Zakaly

The overconsumption of fossil fuels is leading to worsening environmental damage, making the generation of clean, renewable energy an absolute necessity. Two common components of electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices are batteries and supercap...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,493 Views
11 Pages

Synthesis and Regeneration of A MXene-Based Pollutant Adsorbent by Mechanochemical Methods

  • Mohammadtaghi Vakili,
  • Giovanni Cagnetta,
  • Jun Huang,
  • Gang Yu and
  • Jing Yuan

In the present study, an adsorbent material for removal of organic contaminants in wastewater is synthetized by a green and facile mechanochemical method. It is composed of Ti3C2Tx MXene layers (obtained by mechanochemical etching of MAX phase with c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,206 Views
13 Pages

In Situ Synthesis of C-N@NiFe2O4@MXene/Ni Nanocomposites for Efficient Electromagnetic Wave Absorption at an Ultralow Thickness Level

  • Qing Sun,
  • Xin Yang,
  • Tie Shu,
  • Xianfeng Yang,
  • Min Qiao,
  • Dashuang Wang,
  • Zhaohui Liu,
  • Xinghua Li,
  • Jinsong Rao and
  • Yuxin Zhang
  • + 2 authors

27 December 2022

Recently, the development of composite materials composed of magnetic materials and MXene has attracted significant attention. However, the thickness and microwave absorption performance of the composite is still barely satisfactory. In this work, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,042 Views
16 Pages

Self-Assembled Polyaniline/Ti3C2Tx Nanocomposites for High-Performance Electrochromic Films

  • Tao Lin,
  • Wenlong Liu,
  • Bin Yan,
  • Jing Li,
  • Yi Lin,
  • Yinghui Zhao,
  • Zheng Shi and
  • Sheng Chen

4 November 2021

Electrochromic materials and devices are attracting intense attention because of their low energy consumption and open-circuit memory effect. Considering the difficult processing characteristics of electrochromic conductive polymers, we developed a f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,445 Views
36 Pages

MXene/MOF-Derived Composites with Multidimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis Methods, Performance, and Applications in the Field of Energy Storage

  • Shufan Feng,
  • Shilong Wen,
  • Rutao Wang,
  • Xiaokun Yang,
  • Xiangsen Yuan,
  • Yuxuan Liu,
  • Jingyun Ma and
  • Zhaoqiang Li

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), formed by the self-assembly of metal ions/clusters and organic linkers, have attracted considerable attention due to their well-exposed active sites, exceptionally high porosity, and diversified pore architectur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,872 Views
34 Pages

Effect of MXene Nanosheet Sticking on Supercapacitor Device Performance

  • Mariya Aleksandrova,
  • Nikolay Kurtev and
  • Ivailo Pandiev

14 March 2024

Supercapacitors have garnered significant interest in recent years due to their high power density, rapid charge/discharge rates, and long cycle life. MXenes, a family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides, have emerged as promis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,278 Views
25 Pages

10 February 2025

MXenes, a family of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, have attracted significant attention due to their exceptional physicochemical properties and electrochemical performance, making them highly promising for diverse applicat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
4,888 Views
85 Pages

Application of Titanium Carbide MXenes in Chemiresistive Gas Sensors

  • Elizaveta P. Simonenko,
  • Nikolay P. Simonenko,
  • Artem S. Mokrushin,
  • Tatiana L. Simonenko,
  • Philipp Yu. Gorobtsov,
  • Ilya A. Nagornov,
  • Ghenadii Korotcenkov,
  • Victor V. Sysoev and
  • Nikolay T. Kuznetsov

24 February 2023

The titanium carbide MXenes currently attract an extreme amount of interest from the material science community due to their promising functional properties arising from the two-dimensionality of these layered structures. In particular, the interacti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
118 Citations
9,655 Views
19 Pages

22 September 2020

MXenes are recently developed 2D layered nanomaterials that provide unique capabilities for bioanalytical applications. These include high metallic conductivity, large surface area, hydrophilicity, high ion transport properties, low diffusion barrier...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,426 Views
27 Pages

Detection of multiple analytes in biofluids is of significance for early disease diagnosis, effective treatment monitoring, and accurate prognostic assessment. Electrochemical sensors have emerged as a promising tool for the multiplexed detection of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,259 Views
24 Pages

28 April 2025

The current world is increasingly focusing on renewable energy sources with strong emphasis on the economically viable use of renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions and safeguard human health. Solid-state hydrogen (H2) storage materials offer a...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,277 Views
15 Pages

Lightning Strike Protection: Current Challenges and Future Possibilities

  • Markus Ostermann,
  • Juergen Schodl,
  • Peter A. Lieberzeit,
  • Pierluigi Bilotto and
  • Markus Valtiner

20 February 2023

An airplane is statistically struck by lightning every year. The need for lightweight aircraft to reduce the production of carbon dioxide has significantly reduced the presence of metals in favour of composites, resulting in lower lightning strike pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,905 Views
37 Pages

24 February 2025

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a vital semiconductor that is widely used for a wide variety of purposes. It is known that this material has a wide bandgap, and this property makes it sensitive to UV radiation. This way, ZnO nanoparticles can be used as photocat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,499 Views
7 Pages

25 January 2022

Solar vapor generation through evaporation using photothermal materials is a promising candidate for seawater desalination. The Ti3C2 MXene membrane has exhibited photothermal behavior in solar water evaporation. However, dense packed two-dimensional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,528 Views
28 Pages

Optimized Synthesis Strategy of Mxene-Loaded Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B

  • Bayazid Bustami,
  • Parvej Rahman Alif,
  • Md Mahfuzur Rahman,
  • Mohaiminul Islam and
  • Alam S. M. Nur

Developing efficient photocatalysts is essential for sustainable wastewater treatment and tackling global water pollution. Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is a promising material because it is active under visible light and chemically stable. Howev...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,768 Views
11 Pages

18 March 2024

Recently, short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (SFRTPCs) have been playing a more and more crucial role in the application of automotive interior materials due to their advantages of low density and environmental resistance properties. How...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,875 Views
12 Pages

Simultaneous Recognition of Dopamine and Uric Acid in the Presence of Ascorbic Acid via an Intercalated MXene/PPy Nanocomposite

  • Qiannan You,
  • Zhongyang Guo,
  • Rui Zhang,
  • Zhimin Chang,
  • Mingfeng Ge,
  • Qian Mei and
  • Wen-Fei Dong

28 April 2021

Two-dimensional (2D) MXenes have shown a great potential for chemical sensing due to their electric properties. In this work, a Ti3C2Tx/polypyrrole (MXene/PPy) nanocomposite has been synthesized and immobilized into a glassy carbon electrode to enabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,036 Views
14 Pages

17 May 2023

Electromagnetic (EM) pollution becomes more penetrating in daily life and work due to more convenience provided by multi-electrical devices, as does secondary pollution caused by electromagnetic reflection. EM wave absorption material with less refle...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
14,257 Views
21 Pages

Textile Fabrics as Electromagnetic Shielding Materials—A Review of Preparation and Performance

  • Tomasz Blachowicz,
  • Dariusz Wójcik,
  • Maciej Surma,
  • Mirosław Magnuski,
  • Guido Ehrmann and
  • Andrea Ehrmann

15 March 2023

Shielding of instruments and humans from electromagnetic interference (EMI) has become increasingly important during the last decades due to more and more machines and devices radiating electromagnetic waves. While several applications can use rigid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
707 Views
16 Pages

16 September 2025

This study addresses the need for sustainable, high-performance photocatalytic materials by developing novel polylactide (PLA)/MXene composites. A one-step plasma-liquid synthesis method was employed, utilizing a direct current discharge between meta...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,200 Views
10 Pages

23 January 2022

Separators, as indispensable parts of LSBs (lithium–sulfur batteries), play a cucial role in inhibiting dendrite growth and suppressing the shuttle of lithium polysulfide (LiPSs). Herein, we prepared a functional carbon nanotube (CNT) and Fe-ba...

  • Review
  • Open Access
67 Citations
12,391 Views
22 Pages

MXene-Carbon Nanotube Composites: Properties and Applications

  • Fatemeh Mohajer,
  • Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani,
  • Alireza Badiei,
  • Siavash Iravani and
  • Rajender S. Varma

14 January 2023

Today, MXenes and their composites have shown attractive capabilities in numerous fields of electronics, co-catalysis/photocatalysis, sensing/imaging, batteries/supercapacitors, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, tissue engineering/regener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,232 Views
12 Pages

12 May 2024

Transition metal selenides have high theoretical capacities, making them attractive candidates for energy storage applications. Here, using the microwave-absorbing properties of the materials, we designed a simple and efficient microwave-assisted syn...

  • Review
  • Open Access
69 Citations
14,631 Views
28 Pages

An Overview of Active Electrode Materials for the Efficient High-Performance Supercapacitor Application

  • Bharathi Arumugam,
  • Gopiraman Mayakrishnan,
  • Suresh Kumar Subburayan Manickavasagam,
  • Seong Cheol Kim and
  • Ramkumar Vanaraj

18 July 2023

Recent energy research focuses on the efficiency enhancement of supercapacitor devices for multipurpose applications. Several materials have been used as electrode materials to achieve the maximum specific capacitance. The present review article conc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,979 Views
35 Pages

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nano-Carbon-Reinforced Polymeric Nanocomposites: A Review

  • Zeeshan Latif,
  • Mumtaz Ali,
  • Eui-Jong Lee,
  • Zakariya Zubair and
  • Kang Hoon Lee

17 October 2023

Carbon nanomaterials are an emerging class of nano-reinforcements to substitute for metal-based nanomaterials in polymer matrices. These metal-free nano-reinforcement materials exhibit a high surface area, thermal stability, and a sustainable nature....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,359 Views
21 Pages

In Situ Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Efficacy of Silver-Enhanced MXene and Graphene Nanocomposites

  • Kishore Chand,
  • M. Mustafa Azeem,
  • Muhammad Nazim Lakhan,
  • Mukhtiar Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Jehanzaib Aslam and
  • Ahmer Hussain Shah

The emergence of 2D materials has significantly expanded the wide range of nanomaterials with diverse applications. Notably, their high conductivity, catalytic efficiency, and hydrophobicity have fueled heightened research interests for water treatme...

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