Journal of Energy Chemistry ›› 2023, Vol. 86 ›› Issue (11): 409-436.DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2023.07.044

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Recent progress on MOF/MXene nanoarchitectures: A new era in coordination chemistry for energy storage and conversion

Sada Venkateswarlub,1, Sowjanya Vallemc,1, Muhammad Umerd, N.V.V. Jyothie, Anam Giridhar Babuf, Saravanan Govindarajug, Younghu Sona, Myung Jong Kimb,*, Minyoung Yoona,*   

  1. aDepartment of Chemistry and Green-Nano Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea;
    bDepartment of Chemistry, Gachon University, Seongnam 1320, Republic of Korea;
    cDepartment of Physics, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea;
    dCenter for Superfunctional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea;
    eDepartment of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India;
    fDepartment of Civil Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea;
    gDepartment of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea
  • Received:2023-06-10 Revised:2023-07-28 Accepted:2023-07-28 Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-11-07
  • Contact: *E-mail addresses: myungjongkim@gachon.ac.kr (M. Jong Kim), myyoon@knu.ac.kr (M. Yoon).
  • About author:1These authors contributed equally to this work.
    Sada Venkateswarlu received his M.Sc and Ph.D., degrees from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He worked in the Prof. Minyoung Yoon group (Gachon University) as a postdoctoral research fellow and Assistant professor from 2015 to 2021. He is currently working in the Prof. Myung Jong Kim group as a research professor in the department of chemistry, Gachon University, Republic of Korea. His current research focuses on designing of single atoms, Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), nano metal oxides, carbon, and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) to support electrochemical catalysts for energy conversion and storage.
    Sowjanya Vallem earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the National Institute of Technology in Karnataka, India, in 2019. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Gachon University, Republic of Korea, where she works as part of Prof. Bae's team. Dr. Vallem's research is focused on developing and advancing Li-Chalcogenide batteries and supercapacitors, aiming to revolutionize energy storage technologies. Her work aims to contribute to the development of more efficient and sustainable energy storage solutions. Through her dedication, Dr. Vallem strives to make significant contributions to the field of energy storage.
    Muhammad Umer received his M.Sc and M.Phil. degrees from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2013 and 2015, respectively. He worked as a Lecturer (2015-2018) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Lahore, Pakistan. Later, for his Ph.D. research he joined the Center for Superfunctional Materials at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, where he worked in Prof. Kwang Soo Kim's group and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2023. His research framework provides an integration of experimental and theoretical work in the field of electrocatalysis, fuel-cells, batteries and fundamental understanding of related electrochemical processes.
    N.V.V. JYOTHI obtained her M.Sc. Degree in the year 1997. later carried her research on “Sample characterization Electro analytical and other physico-chemical techniques for obtaining her Ph.D. degree in the year 2003 from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. She was awarded (UGC-PDF) in the year 2007. She is currently an associate professor of chemistry at Sri Venkateswara University (Tirupati, AP, India). She organized one day national conference in the year 2017. She was awarded as Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academic of Sciences (APAS-2019). Her research focuses on synthesis of novel nano materials and voltametric method development for trace metal analysis in environmental samples.

Abstract: The development of urbanization and industrialization leads to rapid depletion of fossil fuels. Therefore, the production of fuel from renewable resources is highly desired. Electrotechnical energy conversion and storage is a benign technique with reliable output and is eco-friendly. Developing an exceptional electrochemical catalyst with tunable properties like a huge specific surface area, porous channels, and abundant active sites is critical points. Recently, Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal carbides/nitrides (MXenes) have been extensively investigated in the field of electrochemical energy conversion and storage. However, advances in the research on MOFs are hampered by their limited structural stability and conventionally low electrical conductivity, whereas the practical electrochemical performance of MXenes is impeded by their low porosity, inadequate redox sites, and agglomeration. Consequently, researchers have been designing MOF/MXene nanoarchitectures to overcome the limitations in electrochemical energy conversion and storage. This review explores the recent advances in MOF/MXene nanoarchitectures design strategies, tailoring their properties based on the morphologies (0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D), and broadening their future opportunities in electrochemical energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors) and catalytic energy conversion (HER, OER, and ORR). The intercalation of MOF in between the MXene layers in the nanoarchitectures functions synergistically to address the issues associated with bare MXene and MOF in the electrochemical energy storage and conversion. This review gives a clear emphasis on the general aspects of MOF/MXene nanoarchitectures, and the future research perspectives, challenges of MOF/MXene design strategies and electrochemical applications are highlighted.

Key words: Metal-organic framework, MXene, MOF/MXene nanoarchitecture, Battery, Supercapacitor, Electrochemical catalysis