MXene-based materials as adsorbents, photocatalysts, membranes and sensors for detection and removal of emerging and gaseous pollutants: A comprehensive review

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani; Nadeem Hussain Solangi; Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak; Natarajan Rajamohan; Subrajit Bosu; Amina Othmani; Md. Ahmaruzzaman; Soumya Ranjan Mishra; Baishali Bhattacharjee; Vishal Gadore; Talib Hussain Banglani; Nawab Waris; Ali hyder; Ayaz Ali Memon; Khalid Hussain Thebo; Payal Joshi; Grzegorz Boczkaj; Rama Rao Karri

Arabian Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2025)

MXene-based materials as adsorbents, photocatalysts, membranes and sensors for detection and removal of emerging and gaseous pollutants: A comprehensive review

Mohammad Hadi Dehghani,
Nadeem Hussain Solangi,
Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak,
Natarajan Rajamohan,
Subrajit Bosu,
Amina Othmani,
Md. Ahmaruzzaman,
Soumya Ranjan Mishra,
Baishali Bhattacharjee,
Vishal Gadore,
Talib Hussain Banglani,
Nawab Waris,
Ali hyder,
Ayaz Ali Memon,
Khalid Hussain Thebo,
Payal Joshi,
Grzegorz Boczkaj,
Rama Rao Karri

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Mohammad Hadi Dehghani: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding authors at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (M.H. Dehghani). Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam (N.M. Mubarak and R. RaoKarri).
Nadeem Hussain Solangi: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering and College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, P. Box 98, Beisanhuan East Road 15, Beijing 100029, PR China
Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak: Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India; Centre for Research Impact & Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India; Corresponding authors at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (M.H. Dehghani). Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam (N.M. Mubarak and R. RaoKarri).
Natarajan Rajamohan: Chemical Engineering section, Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar P C-311, Oman
Subrajit Bosu: Chemical Engineering section, Faculty of Engineering, Sohar University, Sohar P C-311, Oman
Amina Othmani: Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia
Md. Ahmaruzzaman: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam 788010, India
Soumya Ranjan Mishra: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam 788010, India
Baishali Bhattacharjee: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam 788010, India
Vishal Gadore: Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam 788010, India
Talib Hussain Banglani: National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan
Nawab Waris: National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan
Ali hyder: National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan
Ayaz Ali Memon: National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan
Khalid Hussain Thebo: Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of Science, 2 Wenhua Rood, Shenyang, China
Payal Joshi: Operations and Method Development, Shefali Research Laboratories, Ambernath (East)-421501, Maharashtra, India
Grzegorz Boczkaj: Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sanitary Engineering, 80-233 Gdansk, G Narutowicza St 11/12, Poland; School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
Rama Rao Karri: Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; Corresponding authors at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (M.H. Dehghani). Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam (N.M. Mubarak and R. RaoKarri).

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 1
p. 106052

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2D materials have garnered significant attention as potential solutions to various environmental challenges. Graphene, molybdenum disulfide, MXenes, and boron nitride have emerged as the most popular candidates among these materials. This article presents a comprehensive review and discussion on the emerging applications of MXenes in environmental engineering. MXenes have demonstrated immense potential as future materials for adsorption purposes. They have proven to be highly effective in removing emerging pollutants (heavy metals and organic pollutants) through the adsorption phenomenon. The effectiveness of MXenes in removing lead (Pb2+), chromium (Cr6+), copper (Cu2+), uranium (U6+), and mercury (Hg2+) has been confirmed, with a sorption capacity ranging from 100 to 250 mg g−1. Furthermore, MXenes have effectively removed several radionuclides, including uranium, europium, strontium, barium, and thorium. MXenes have proven to be highly efficient in treating water through adsorption in emerging organic pollutants, even for various organic dyes such as methylene blue, acid blue, congo red, methyl orange, and rhodamine B (RhB). Additionally, MXenes exhibit high treatment performance in adsorbing several pharmaceuticals like cloxacillin (CLX), ampicillin (AMP), amoxicillin (AMX), ciprofloxacin (CPX), amitriptyline (AMT), verapamil (VRP), carbamazepine (CBM), 17 α-ethinyl estradiol, ibuprofen (IBP), and diclofenac (DCF). Overall, MXenes offer several advantages, such as good conductivity, thermal performance, high surface area, and selectivity of intermolecular interactions. However, their application requires thoroughly evaluating their environmental impact and life cycle assessment.

Published in Arabian Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 1878-5352 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
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