Tailored architectures in desalination membranes with MXene: Is this the way forward?

IF 33.6 1区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Progress in Materials Science Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101537

Sutar Rani Ananda , T.M. Subrahmanya , Shambhulinga Aralekallu , Wei-Song Hung , Mahaveer D. Kurkuri

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Just with one decade of history (The discovery of Ti₃C₂ − 2011), studies on two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, carbonatites, and nitrides (comprehensively stated as MXenes) vastly expanded from fundamental to applications level. The engineered MXenes are good competitors to 2D materials like graphene, metal–organic frameworks, etc., with widespread applications such as gas sensors, water purification, EMI shielding, energy storage, and catalysts etc. Owing to the 2D layered structure, the intercalation of cations, comprising multivalent ones and polar organic molecules, allows the control of interlayer distance and enables MXenes to be used in water purification and desalination. Besides, MXenes have a high aspect ratio due to the sheet structure, which provides nanochannels as diffusion paths for these applications. In this review, we explored the MXenes as membrane materials for pressure-driven membrane-based water desalination technology and the various physico-chemical modifications of MXene’s structure to enhance desalination performance. We also highlight membrane-desalination metrics, fabrication strategies of membranes, trade-off analysis, and the mechanisms behind enhanced performances due to modifications, which provide essential insights about these materials. Ultimately, we summarize the present challenges and provide the future outlook as the foundation for early researchers.

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MXene在脱盐膜中的定制架构：这是未来的发展方向吗？

仅仅十年的历史（Ti3C2 - 2011的发现），二维（2D）过渡金属碳化物、碳酸盐和氮化物（统称为MXenes）的研究从基础到应用水平得到了极大的扩展。经过改造的MXenes是石墨烯、金属有机框架等2D材料的有力竞争对手，在气体传感器、水净化、电磁干扰屏蔽、储能和催化剂等领域有着广泛的应用。由于其二维层状结构，由多价离子和极性有机分子组成的阳离子的插入可以控制层间距离，使MXenes能够用于水净化和海水淡化。此外，由于片状结构，MXenes具有高宽高比，为这些应用提供了纳米通道作为扩散路径。在本文中，我们探讨了MXene作为压力驱动膜基海水淡化技术的膜材料，以及对MXene结构进行各种物理化学修饰以提高海水淡化性能。我们还强调了膜淡化指标，膜的制造策略，权衡分析以及由于修改而增强性能的机制，这些都为这些材料提供了重要的见解。最后，我们总结了当前面临的挑战，并提出了未来的展望，作为早期研究的基础。

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Progress in Materials Science 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

59.60

自引率

0.80%

发文量

101

审稿时长

11.4 months

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