Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Recovery of oxidized two-dimensional MXenes through high frequency nanoscale electromechanical vibration

  • Heba Ahmed,
  • Hossein Alijani,
  • Ahmed El-Ghazaly,
  • Joseph Halim,
  • Billy J. Murdoch,
  • Yemima Ehrnst,
  • Emily Massahud,
  • Amgad R. Rezk,
  • Johanna Rosen,
  • Leslie Y. Yeo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34699-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Despite their vast potential, the practical deployment of MXenes has been hampered by their tendency to be oxidized. Here, the authors show that simply vibrating MXene films in just a minute can remove the oxide layer formed and restore their electrochemical performance close to its original state.