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Overview
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Researchers at Drexel University have created a new class of two-dimensional (2D) early transition metal carbide and carbonitride compounds known as MXenes. 2D solids, among them most notably graphene, have generated recent interest because of their outstanding properties which can be exploited for innumerable industrial and biomedical applications. Multilayer MXenes are conductively similar to multilayer graphene. However, unlike graphene, MXenes can be easily dispersed in aqueous solutions because of their hydrophilic properties. MXenes are generated from a large class (>60) of parent compounds known as MAX phases. The electrochemical optical, electronic and mechanical properties of MXenes can be optimized by selection of parent compound, surface chemistry, and intercalating cations and/or organic compounds to produce a wide array of novel materials with applications that range from electronic devices, sensors, reinforcement for composites, energy storage materials and conductive transparent electrodes.
APPLICATIONS
TITLE: Applications
Energy storage, e.g. Li-ion batteries and Li-ion capacitors
Electrochemical supercapacitors
Electrocatalysts and photocatalysts
Conductors and semi-conductors
Conductive transparent electrodes
ADVANTAGES
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Electronically conducting AND hydrophilic 2D nanomaterials
Versatile class of compounds which can be optimized for specific application by selection of parent compound, surface chemistry, and intercalating compounds
Manufacturing process is simple, readily scalable, with high yields
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Figure: SEM image of layered MXene. Synthesis: C.E. Ren; SEM: M.R. Lukatskaya; Coloring: Y. Dall’Agnese
IP STATUS
Intellectual Property and Development Status
United States Issued Patent- 9,193,595
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United States Issued Patent- 9,415,570
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United States Issued Patent- 9,416,011
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PUBLICATIONS
References
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M. Naguib, V.N. Mochalin, M.W. Barsoum, Y. Gogotsi, 25th Anniversary Article: MXenes: A New Family of Two-Dimensional Materials, Advanced Materials, 26, 992-1005 (2014)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24357390
M. Naguib, J. Halim, J. Lu, K. Cook, L. Hultman, Y. Gogotsi, M. W. Barsoum, New Two-Dimensional Niobium and Vanadium Carbides as Promising Materials for Li-ion Batteries, J. Am. Chem. Society, 135 (43) 15966–15969 (2013)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja405735d
Commercialization Opportunities
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Contact Information
Web Site
Drexel University Materials
http://max.materials.drexel.edu
For Technical Information:
Yury Gogotsi, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair
Director, A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Phone: 1-215-895-6446
E-mail: gogotsi@drexel.edu
For Intellectual Property and Licensing Information:
Elizabeth Poppert, Ph.D.
Licensing Manager
Office of Technology Commercialization
The Left Bank
3180 Chestnut Street, Suite 104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 1-215-895-0999
Email: lizpoppert@drexel.edu