The diverse and tunable surface and bulk chemistry of MXenes affords valuable and
distinctive properties, which can be useful across many components of energy storage …

Sluggish reaction kinetics and severe shuttling effect of lithium polysulfides seriously hinder
the development of lithium‐sulfur batteries. Heterostructures, due to unique properties, have …

Abstract Lithium− sulfur (Li− S) battery is a promising energy storage system due to its cost
effectiveness and high energy density. However, formation of Li dendrites from Li metal …

BACKGROUND Appreciation of the fact that synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) materials
does not necessarily require van der Waals bonded layered precursors led to discovery of …

With the rapid development of wearable electronics, flexible energy storage devices that can
power them are quickly emerging. Among multitudinous energy storage technologies …

Lithium‐ion batteries, which have revolutionized portable electronics over the past three
decades, were eventually recognized with the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry. As the energy …

Research on next‐generation battery technologies (beyond Li‐ion batteries, or LIBs) has
been accelerating over the past few years. A key challenge for these emerging batteries has …

Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries with a theoretical energy density of 2567 Wh kg− 1
are very promising next‐generation energy storage systems, but suffer from the insulativity of …

Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

Abstract 2D MXene‐based nanomaterials have attracted tremendous attention because of
their unique physical/chemical properties and wide range of applications in energy storage …