Research progress on two-dimensional nanomaterials MXenes and their application for lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been considered a promising candidate of new energy storage device. Numerous researchers around the world are committed to develop new materials for high-performance LIBs. MXenes are new type of two-dimensional nanomaterials, which are composed of transition metal, carbides or/and nitrides, with large specific surface area, good electrical conductivity, high lithium storage capacity, excellent cycling and rate performances, etc., making them as LIBs materials with bright application prospects. A variety of MXenes materials (such as Ti2CTx, Ti3C2Tx, V2CTx, Nb2CTx, etc.) have been reported to be useful as LIBs electrode materials. In addition, MXenes materials can be combined with other LIBs active materials to build good conductive network, accelerate electron transport and lithium ion diffusion, and inhibit materials pulverization caused by volume expansion of active materials during electrochemical processes. Besides, researches on MXenes materials in solid electrolytes, bin