Recent Progress in MXene-Based Materials for Metal-Sulfur and Metal-Air Batteries: Potential High-Performance Electrodes

Anmin Liu; Xingyou Liang; Xuefeng Ren; Weixin Guan; Tingli Ma

doi:10.1007/s41918-021-00110-w

Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2021, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (1) : 112 -144. DOI: 10.1007/s41918-021-00110-w

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Recent Progress in MXene-Based Materials for Metal-Sulfur and Metal-Air Batteries: Potential High-Performance Electrodes

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¹State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 116024, Dalian, Liaoning, China

²School of Ocean Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, 124221, Panjin, Liaoning, China

³Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University, 310018, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

⁴Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, 808-0196, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

^a liuanmin@dlut.edu.cn anmin0127@163.com

^c renxuefeng@dlut.edu.cn

^e tinglima@life.kyutech.ac.jp

Anmin Liu

is an associate professor at Dalian University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2016. His research focuses on the design and preparation of functional materials and catalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion based on the combination of theoretical studies and electrochemical experiments.

Xingyou Liang

is a master’s degree candidate in Chemical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology. He received his bachelor's degree from Hebei University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on electrocatalytic NH₃ synthesis at ambient conditions and electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to fuels.

Xuefeng Ren

received her Ph.D. degree in 2016 from the Department of Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology. She then joined Dalian University of Technology as a lecturer. Her current area of research is the development of high-efficiency and low-cost electrocatalysts for sustainable electrochemical energy storage and conversion.

Weixin Guan

received his B.Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in 2020. He is now a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Materials Science and Engineering. His current research focuses on functional nanomaterials for energy and water sustainability.

Tingli Ma

is a professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science of Kyushu University, Japan. She then joined the National Institute of AIST as a Postdoctoral Researcher from 1999 to 2004. She worked as a professor at Dalian University of Technology, China, from 2007 to 2018. She is currently working at the Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, and China Jiliang University. She leads research teams studying inorganic and organic solar cells, such as dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells, and other related projects including the development of catalysts.

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Rechargeable batteries, which are used for renewable energy storage, have paved the way for reducing the enormous pressure of the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Recently, promising electrode materials with high energy and power density and favorable electrochemical performance for energy conversion and storage have been developed to meet the ever-growing demand for renewable power for electric vehicles or grid applications. MXenes, which constitute an impressive two-dimensional transition metal carbide/carbonitride family, exhibit great energy storage potential based on their ideal specific surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, and superior chemical durability in batteries. The recent advances in MXenes and their composites for metal-sulfur batteries (specifically lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries) and metal-air batteries (specifically lithium-air and zinc-air batteries) are comprehensively and systematically summarized in this review. Furthermore, the performance management strategies, next-stage research prospects, and remaining practical challenges for MXene-based materials in battery applications are discussed in detail. This review may provide some guidance for the development and application of MXene-based electrode materials in renewable electrochemical energy storage.

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Anmin Liu, Xingyou Liang, Xuefeng Ren, Weixin Guan, Tingli Ma. Recent Progress in MXene-Based Materials for Metal-Sulfur and Metal-Air Batteries: Potential High-Performance Electrodes. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2021, 5(1): 112-144 DOI:10.1007/s41918-021-00110-w