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TY - JOUR
T1 - MXene synthesis in a semi-continuous 3D-printed PVDF flow reactor
AU - Clark, Molly J.
AU - Oakley, Alice E.
AU - Zhelev, Nikolay
AU - Carravetta, Marina
AU - Byrne, Thomas
AU - Nightingale, Adrian M.
AU - Bimbo, Nuno
PY - 2025/4/21
Y1 - 2025/4/21
N2 - Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides known as MXenes represent a promising class of functional materials for electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, electromagnetic shielding, and optoelectronics. Typical synthesis methods require highly concentrated acids and HF-containing or HF-forming chemicals, under batch conditions. Environmentally friendly, safe, efficient, and scalable synthesis methods for MXenes have been identified as the number one research challenge for MXene research over the next decade. Here we use flow chemistry to present a semi-continuous synthesis of Ti 3C 2T z in a custom 3D-printed reactor. The synthesis is safer and is the first step towards scalable methods, yielding fully etched MXenes with better removal of Al from the starting MAX phase compared to the equivalent batch procedure.
AB - Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides known as MXenes represent a promising class of functional materials for electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, electromagnetic shielding, and optoelectronics. Typical synthesis methods require highly concentrated acids and HF-containing or HF-forming chemicals, under batch conditions. Environmentally friendly, safe, efficient, and scalable synthesis methods for MXenes have been identified as the number one research challenge for MXene research over the next decade. Here we use flow chemistry to present a semi-continuous synthesis of Ti 3C 2T z in a custom 3D-printed reactor. The synthesis is safer and is the first step towards scalable methods, yielding fully etched MXenes with better removal of Al from the starting MAX phase compared to the equivalent batch procedure.
U2 - 10.1039/d4na00991f
DO - 10.1039/d4na00991f
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 40144272
VL - 7
SP - 2166
EP - 2170
JO - Nanoscale Advances
JF - Nanoscale Advances
SN - 2516-0230
IS - 8
ER -