Progress and challenges of emerging MXene based materials for thermoelectric applications

Maiyong Zhu; Congcong Lu; Lingran Liu

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.106718

Progress and challenges of emerging MXene based materials for thermoelectric applications

iScience. 2023 Apr 25;26(5):106718. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106718. eCollection 2023 May 19.

Authors

Maiyong Zhu¹, Congcong Lu¹, Lingran Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ Research School of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China.

Abstract

To realize sustainable development, more and more countries forwarded carbon neutrality goal. Accordingly, improving the utilization efficiency of traditional fossil fuel is an effective strategy for this great goal. Keeping this in mind, developing thermoelectric devices to recover waste heat energy resulted in the consumption process of fuel is demonstrated to be promising. High performance thermoelectric devices require advanced materials. MXenes are a kind of 2D materials with a layered structure, which demonstrate excellent thermoelectric performance owing to their unique physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. Also, substantial achievement has been gained during the past few years in synthesizing MXene based materials for thermoelectric devices. In this review, the mainstream synthetic routes of MXene from etching MAX were summarized. Significantly, the current state and challenges of research on improving the performance of MXene based thermoelectrics are explored, including pristine MXene and MXene based composites.

Keywords: Applied sciences; Materials application; Materials chemistry.

Publication types

Review