Semi-conductivity between the sheets

By Victoria Richards2016-05-12T00:00:00

Manipulating layers delivers the first MXene semiconductor

Scientists in the US have discovered a new way to tune the electronic properties of 2D MXene materials – by switching up the metals in the outer layers. As a result, they have created the first semiconducting MXene.

In 2011, Yury Gogotsi from Drexel University and co-workers discovered a new family of materials that host two to four layers of a transition metal interlaced with layers of carbon, and termed them MXenes. Researchers have made around 20 examples, some of which have already shown promise as electrodes for supercapacitors and aqueous batteries as they offer a unique combination of metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity.

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