Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan.
Chemosphere. 2022 Sep;303(Pt 3):135234. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135234. Epub 2022 Jun 7.
MXenes have emerged as wonderful materials that earned enormous attention in the last decade for applications in various fields. The potential of MXenes in the development of novel membranes has been explored recently by many researchers. This review critically assessed the recent advances in applications of MXene-based materials for the development of novel membranes. The synthesis routes of the MXene-based membranes are discussed, and the applications of developed membranes in water treatment and desalination are elaborated in detail. MXene-based membranes have demonstrated excellent potential in water treatment and desalination for the removal of dyes, metal ions, and salts from water. These membranes have unveiled exceptional antifouling potential and were proven to be a good choice to be employed in oil/water (O/W) separation. Besides impressive progress, numerous barriers restrict the practical applications of these membranes. The challenges related to synthesis routes of MXenes and MXene-based membranes, their stability and reusability potential, and the development of membranes on large scale are highlighted. Finally, recommendations for future work are suggested to overcome these limitations in future.
MXenes 作为一种新型材料，在过去十年中因其在各个领域的应用而引起了广泛关注。最近，许多研究人员探索了 MXenes 在新型膜开发中的应用潜力。本文批判性地评估了基于 MXene 的材料在新型膜开发中的应用的最新进展。讨论了基于 MXene 的膜的合成途径，并详细阐述了开发的膜在水处理和海水淡化中的应用。基于 MXene 的膜在水处理和海水淡化方面具有去除水中染料、金属离子和盐的优异性能。这些膜具有出色的抗污染潜力，被证明是用于油水（O/W）分离的理想选择。尽管取得了令人瞩目的进展，但仍存在许多障碍限制了这些膜的实际应用。本文强调了与 MXenes 和基于 MXene 的膜的合成途径、稳定性和可重复使用性以及大规模膜开发相关的挑战。最后，提出了未来工作的建议，以克服未来的这些限制。
