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Energy conversion and optical applications of MXene quantum dots

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Nanotechnologies known as a developing applied science have significant global socioeconomic values and many advantages obtained from nanoscale materials. Its applications can have significant effects on the performance of organizations. The advance of two-dimensional (2D) MXene-derived QDs (MQDs) is currently in the initial stages. Scholars have shown distinguished optical, electronic, thermal and mechanical attributes by surface chemistry and versatile transition metal. In this field of study, many applications are introduced like energy electromagnetic interference shielding, storage, sensors, transparent electrodes, photothermal therapy, catalysis and so on. The vast range of optical absorption attributes of MQDs along with high electronic conductivity has been detected to be key attributes because of their achievement in the mentioned usages. Currently, relatively little materials are highly known because of their basic electronic and optical properties, which can limit their full potentials. From a theoretical and experimental point of view, in this work, electronic and optical properties of MQDs along with applications corresponding to those properties were evaluated.

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Abbreviations

QDs:

Quantum dots

MQDs:

MXene-based quantum dots

N-MQDs:

N-doped Ti3C2 quantum dots

g-C3N4 :

Graphite carbon nitride

BPQDs:

Black phosphorus quantum dots

PL:

Photoluminescence

ECL:

Electrochemiluminescence

IFE:

Inner filter effect

PLQY:

Photoluminescence quantum yield

DADS:

Decay-associated difference spectra

LEDs:

Light-emitting diodes

LIB:

Lithium-ion battery

TPFL:

Two-photon fluorescence

ESC:

Embryonic stem cells

PEI:

Polyethylenimine

PLL:

ε-Poly-L-lysine

ALP:

Alkaline phosphatase

MWCNTs:

Multiwall carbon nanotubes

IL:

Ionic liquid

ORR:

Oxygen reduction reaction

OER:

Oxygen evolution reaction

MOR:

Methanol oxidation reaction

IOPCs:

Inverse opal photonic crystals

PEC:

Photoelectrochemical

QY:

Quantum yield

PLQY:

Photoluminescent quantum yield

BP QDs:

Black phosphorus quantum dots

HER/OER:

Hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions

DMES:

Dual-model energy storage

DFT:

Density functional theory

UA:

Uric acid

GSH:

Glutathione

HRP:

Horseradish peroxidase

CE:

Counter electrode

PCE:

Photoelectric conversion efficiency

NIR:

Near infrared

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    Mohadeseh Safaei & Masoud Reza Shishehbore

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Safaei, M., Shishehbore, M.R. Energy conversion and optical applications of MXene quantum dots. J Mater Sci 56, 17942–17978 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06428-6

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