Transparent and flexible MXenes for supercapacitors and beyond
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Abstract
MXenes are fast-growing two-dimensional (2D) carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides nanomaterials exhibiting combined special features of high electronic conductivity, optoelectronic properties, and electrochemical properties with hydrophilicity character. The plasmonic characteristics of MXenes with optical nonlinearities associated with ultrafast dynamics empower it as one of the strongest candidates for transparent optoelectronic applications in the field of energy storage, conversion, photodetectors, quantum dot light-emitting diodes, smart windows, environmentally. It is timely to introduce and summarize a review article dedicated to the transparent MXene-based multifunctional applications that provide well-designed future roadmaps for these significant MXene smart materials. This review comprehensively discusses the transparent MXenes towards transparent electrodes for supercapacitors and beyond. The importance of MXene optoelectronic properties and tunability via composite materials incorporated with different polymers, oxides, sulfides, and carbonaceous nanomaterials are also thoroughly reviewed.
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