Two-dimensional transition metal carbides (MXenes) have broad market prospects and a large number of companies in my country

Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, also known as two-dimensional transition metal nitrides or carbonitrides, or MXenes for short, are a new type of two-dimensional structural material with a general chemical formula of Mn+1XnTz. They are mainly produced through the synthesis of HF acid or hydrochloric acid and fluoride. The mixed solution is obtained by extracting the weakly bound A-site elements in the MAX phase.

According to “China’s two-dimensional transition metal carbide (MXenes) industry market situation monitoring and future development prospects from 2023 to 2027″ released by the Industrial Research Center Research Report” shows that two-dimensional transition metal carbides have excellent properties. They not only have excellent properties such as high melting point, high hardness, high conductivity, high capacity, and high specific surface area, but also have good electrochemical properties. Cycling stability, electrochromic performance, chemical stability, etc. are a new type of material with performance comparable to graphene, which has shown a huge market in the fields of energy storage, superconductivity, catalysis, electromagnetic shielding, super sensors, conductive fillers, etc. prospect.

Specifically, in the field of catalysis, two-dimensional transition metal carbides can be used as catalytic carriers to support metal particles such as nanoparticles, nanoclusters, and single atoms to improve catalyst activity; in the field of energy storage, two-dimensional transition metal carbides Materials can be used as electrode materials in electrochemical energy storage devices to achieve high energy density at higher charging rates.

In recent years, with the rise of flexible transparent electronic technology, two-dimensional semiconductor materials have gradually become the focus of market attention. As related research gradually deepens, typical two-dimensional semiconductor materials such as MoS2 and phosphorene gradually come out and are widely used in the fields of electronics and optoelectronics. However, MoS2 and phosphorene still have shortcomings such as limited conditions for direct band gap realization and unstable chemical properties. As a result, countries are exploring two-dimensional semiconductor materials with higher advantages. As a new type of two-dimensional semiconductor material, two-dimensional transition metal carbides have become a popular material for research in various countries due to their superior properties since they were discovered by American scholars in 2011.

Currently, the global institutions and companies involved in the R&D and production of two-dimensional transition metal carbides mainly include Drexel University, Indiana University, University of Illinois, Tsinghua University, Ningbo Institute of Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Beijing Beike New Material Technology , Jilin Yiyi Technology, Henan Nanocrystal Technology, Xi’an Qiyue Biotechnology, Jiangsu Xianfeng Nano Materials, etc. In the future, as the research and development process of relevant institutions and enterprises continues to accelerate, the industrialization process of two-dimensional transition metal carbides is expected to continue to accelerate, and the industry development potential is huge.

Industry analysts said that two-dimensional transition metal carbides are a new type of two-dimensional semiconductor materials. It has excellent performance and has broad application prospects in the fields of electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, electromagnetic shielding, biomedicine, capacitors, sensors, etc., and has become one of the most popular materials in materials science. After research and development in recent years, many companies in my country have developed related products, such as Beike New Materials, Yiyi Technology, Nanocrystal Technology, etc. The domestic industrialization process of two-dimensional transition metal carbides is continuing to accelerate.