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Enhanced lubrication and photothermal conversion via dynamically reversible supramolecular oil gels filled with MXene@mGLM composites

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MXene quantum dots in catalysis and energy conversion: structure–activity insights and emerging prospects

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A carbon quantum dot-decorated g-C3N4 composite as a sulfur hosting material for lithium–sulfur batteries

Yang Liu, Dandan Cai, Feng Zheng, Ziwei Qin, Ying Li, Wenxian Li, Aijun Li, Yufeng Zhao and Jiujun Zhang

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MXene quantum lands: emerging trends and breakthroughs

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MXenes as multifunctional mediators in lithium–sulfur batteries: a data-driven review

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Green synthesis of V2C MXene quantum dots with tunable nonlinear absorption for optical limiting applications

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Regulating the kinetic behaviours of polysulfides by designing an Au–COF interface in lithium–sulfur batteries

Chan Li, Ke Yang, Zelin Ma, Fei Zhao, Juan Li, Xinwu Xu, Xiaoyu Hao, Haoyuan Qi and Yibo He

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Monolithic carbon derived from biomass via zinc-assisted pyrolysis for lithium–sulfur batteries

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Green Chem., 2025, 27, 3326
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Fluorinated imine modulating efficient sulfur redox kinetics and a stable solid electrolyte interphase in lithium–sulfur batteries

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Review: Metal-based quantum dots as functional interlayers in lithium–sulfur batteries: interfacial catalysis and stability regulation

Qiuping Zhang, Wenyin Zhang, Lina Xiao, Hao Zhang, Chunhong Han, Mengyuan Ran and Zhuosen Wang

J Mater Sci, 2025, 60, 22531
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Developing a One‐Pot Strategy to Synthesize Metal–Covalent Organic Frameworks as Catalysts for Polysulfide Conversion and Ion Calibrators for Lithium Deposition

Ke Yang, Fei Zhao, Chan Li, Shaokun Zhou, Juan Li, Haoyuan Yang, Yichen Wang, Xuqing Liu and Yibo He

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Design of L‐asparaginasespacer Molecules Intercalated 2D Ti2C with Increased Interlayer Spacing towards High‐performance Sodium‐ions Storage

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Recent advances in functionalized separators for shuttle-free and dendrite-free lithium/sodium-sulfur batteries

Yu Wu, Jinri Huang, Ziheng Zhang, Daiqian Chen, Hesheng Yu, Fei Ma, Xiaojuan Zhang and Yuanfu Chen

Energy Mater, 2025, 5
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CoSe QDs/Sn3O4 PCNFs with high catalytic conversion kinetics towards high-efficiency Li-S batteries

Xiaoke Luo, Di Wang, Shiyi Liu, Hailong Yan, Jinbing Cheng, Yang Lu, Deyang Zhang and Huan Pang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 682, 884
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Boosting the tribological properties by developing a g-C3N4/RGO nanocomposite as lubricant additive

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A decade of development in cathode-facing surface modified separators for high-performance Li-S batteries

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Organic-inorganic coupled Ti3CN MXene achieving the excellent sodium-ion storage performance

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Synergistic effect of MXene and PTFE with multi-structure as lubricant additives for tribological applications

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Dry Synthesis of Sulfur‐Terminated MXene as Multifunctional Catalyst for Stable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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GO‐CoNiP New Composite Material Modified Separator for Long Cycle Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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Eutectoid Reaction Enabling In Situ Construction of Titanium Based Ternary Heterostructures for Boosted Lithium Polysulfide Conversion

Maoqiang Shen, Yang Liu, Xinyue Gao, Xuesen Liu, Yanhao Zhao, Linrui Hou and Changzhou Yuan

Small Methods, 2025, 9
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Defect-rich porous graphitic phase carbon nitride layer grafted MXene as desolvation promoter for efficient sulfur conversion in extremely harsh conditions

Jinxin Wang, Yinze Zuo, Yongzheng Zhang, Cheng Ma, Zixin Chen, Jitong Wang, Wenming Qiao and Licheng Ling

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 671, 692
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Regulated Li₂S deposition and accelerated polysulfide conversion in Li-S batteries enabled by electrospun CoTe₂/carbon nanofiber-modified separators

Zhen Wei, Zhi Liu, Xing Li, Kenneth Gordon, Kanakaraj Aruchamy, Ryan Cook, Philip Wortman, Shuya Wei and Ling Fei

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 519, 164930
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Electrostatic self-assembly of PNCN/Ti3C2Tx composite material for lithium-sulfur battery separator modification

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Enhancing Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance with MXene: Specialized Structures and Innovative Designs

Fei Li, Shijie Mei, Xing Ye, Haowei Yuan, Xiaoqin Li, Jie Tan, Xiaoli Zhao, Tongwei Wu, Xiehang Chen, Fang Wu, Yong Xiang, Hong Pan, Ming Huang and Zhiyu Xue

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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A review of MXene-derived quantum dots: Synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications

Chunhe Zhou, Kar Ban Tan, Wenjuan Han, Li Wang and Ming Lu

Particuology, 2024, 91, 50
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Ti3C2 QDs@CNTs with Active Titanium Species as Bidirectional Catalytic Cathode for Facilitating Lithium Polysulfide Conversion in Li–S Batteries

Xiao Tao, Yujie Qi, Qinhua Gu, Yiqi Cao, Zhaofeng Zhai, Chuyan Zhang, Wenjuan Han, Nan Huang, Ming Lu, Li Wang and Bingsen Zhang

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Constructing MXene quantum dots decorated covalent organic frameworks as oil-based lubricant additive

Yichen Wang, Fei Zhao, Haoyuan Yang, Ke Yang, Tianyi Zhang, Qian Ye, Yibo He and Xuqing Liu

Sci. China Mater., 2025, 68, 1220
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Multifunction of MXene in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: A Review

Ke Yang, Yuxin Liu, Fei Zhao, Juan Li, Haoyuan Yang, Yichen Wang and Yibo He

Energy Fuels, 2024, 38, 13837
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Engineering TiO2/ZnS@MXene three-phase heterostructure for enhanced polysulfide capture and sulfur kinetics in high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

Zihan Huang, Zhixuan Zhang, Yifeng Han, Liya Rong, Hongling Yao, Changwen Li, Xianbao Wang and Tao Mei

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2026, 703, 139101
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Recent Progress and Challenge in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Lithium–Sulfur Battery Separators

Zhen Li, Junjun Wang, Hua Yuan, Yan Yu and Yeqiang Tan

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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MXene‐Based Materials Contribute Better Alkali Metal–Chalcogen Batteries: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives

Yong Liu, Yingjie Miao, Fei Wang, Jingyang Wang, Yize Wu, Zhongxiu Liu, Yifei Pei, Jiangzhuo Ren, Xiaobin Sun, Cheng Zhang, Yue Wang and Kunming Pan

Rare Metals, 2026, 45
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A Separator with Double Layers Individually Modified by LiAlO2 Solid Electrolyte and Conductive Carbon for High‐performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Jie Song, Shuang Xia, Nan Wang, Jun Peng, Bohao Peng, Wenzhuo Wu, Lili Liu, Xinhai Yuan, Lijun Fu, Yuhui Chen and Yuping Wu

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Dopamine Surface Functionalized 1D Titania Lepidocrocite Porous Mesostructured Particles for Improved Polysulfide Anchoring in Lithium Sulfur Cells

Neal A. Cardoza, Mary Qin Hassig, Taber Yim, Gregory R. Schwenk, Tran Ngo, Michel W. Barsoum and Vibha Kalra

ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Hierarchical heterostructure of vacant carbon-box erected MoSe2-x nanosheets as a functional mediator for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

Zhentao Nie, Feng Xu, Haodong Liu, Haoyang Wang, Yitong Jiao, Weiguo Zhu, Qian Wang, Yibo Yan and Jixin Zhu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 481, 148433
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Heteroelectrocatalyst for optimizing polysulfides in high-efficiency Li S batteries

Yuhang Lei, Lin Wu, Yafeng Li, Meijia Liu, Shuai Chen, Lin Tao, Lixiang Li, Chengguo Sun, Han Zhang and Baigang An

Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 106, 114758
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Electrospun PVDF-HFP/MXene Membrane to Suppress Dendrite Growth for Safer Lithium Metal Batteries

Arshad Hussain, Md. Emdad Hossain, Muhammad Faheem, Yuda Prima Hardianto, Hilal Ahmad, Turki Baroud and Md. Abdul Aziz

ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2025, 3, 3812
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Atomically preserved MXene quantum dots as a redox-responsive nanoplatform for light-controlled bidirectional ROS engineering

Dejia Hu, Tianhao Xia, Danyang Xiao, Bufeng Liang, Yuyi Li, Jinkun Li, Zhongliao Zeng, Jianxiong Ma and Yan Li

Materials Today Bio, 2026, 37, 102864
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Integrated photosystem II with MXene QDs/TiO2 inverse opal bioelectrode for mimic biophotovoltaic applications

Zaigui Yuan, Jiakang Li, Ying Yang, Xiyun Feng, Jing Shen, Jun Wang, Liangfei Duan, Jiao Li and Xufeng Zhang

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CoSe QDs/NiO PCNFs with built-in electric fields accelerates polysulfide conversion in lithium-sulfur batteries

Di Wang, Ya Yang, Shiyi Liu, Hailong Yan, Jinbing Cheng, Yang Lu, Yongsong Luo and Hui Ying Yang

Materials Today Chemistry, 2025, 45, 102650
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Multifunctional Lithium Phytate/Carbon Nanotube Double-Layer-Modified Separators for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Jing Hu, Zhenyu Wang, Huimin Yuan, Mingyang Yang, Jingjing Chen, Xuelian Fu, Zhiqiang Wang, Wen Luo, Yongcong Huang, Fangchang Zhang, Chen Liu and Zhouguang Lu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 39215
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Utilization of Y-MOF-derived Y2O3/YS@C heterojunction for Li-S battery separators

Xinye Qian, Hexiang Xu, Shuailong Zhao, Qingyuan Hao, Lina Jin and Baozhong Li

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2025, 705, 135750
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Metal phthalocyanine-modified MXene with physical confinement and chemical catalysis effects for high-performance lithium-sulfur battery separators

Jinze Song, Yubo Yao, Lixia Zhu, Jie Zhang, He Ren, Ying Song and Kaixiang Shi

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1039, 183243
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Multifunctional integrated separator based on electrospinning structure engineering for high-stability lithium sulfur batteries

Chaojiang Fan, Rong Yang, Bing Chen, Qing Huang, Lingjiang Kou, Jiajia Song, Yong Wang, Teng Wang, Yinglin Yan, Zhongguo Zhao, Kai Jia, Wenhu Li and Xichang Bao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 521, 166813
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Synergistic adsorption and catalytic effects of Ti3C2Tx/CoO/MoO3 composite on lithium polysulfides for high‐performance lithium–sulfur batteries

Bin Fan, Weikun Chen, Kaining Li, Qingya Wei, Qian He, Wei Liu, Bigui Zhou, Jun Yuan and Yingping Zou

Interdisciplinary Materials, 2024, 3, 726
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Crystal facet modification of hematite enabling effective polysulfide adsorption/conversion and improved Li S chemistry

Lei Zhang, Yong Wang, Jiawen Cui, Jiayang Li and Li Sun

Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 119, 116391
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Mxene quantum dots decorated reduced graphene oxide networks as multifunctional electrocatalyst for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries

Tongbin Zhang, Zijing Xu, Hedong Chen, Jiabing Liu, Dan Luo, Ning Liu, Yongguang Zhang and Zhongwei Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 488, 150886
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MXenes‐based separators with nanoconfined two‐dimensional channels for high‐performance lithium–sulfur battery

Yi‐Hui Zhao, Shuai Li, Yu‐Lu Huo, Zhen Li, Lan‐Lan Hou, Yong‐Qiang Wen, Xiao‐Xian Zhao, Jian‐Jun Song and Jing‐Chong Liu

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Advanced Separator Materials for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Progress and Prospects

Pengshan Lin, Bo Gao, Xin Lan, Ming Wang, Jiahao Li and Haiyang Fu

Langmuir, 2024, 40, 15996
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Designing Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials to Construct a Complementary Interface with Versatility for Li–S Batteries

Ke Yang, Fei Zhao, Juan Li, Haoyuan Yang, Yichen Wang and Yibo He

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Super P and MoO2/MoS2 co‐doped gradient nanofiber membrane as multi‐functional separator for lithium–sulfur batteries

Xin Liang, Dong‐Qing Zhao, Qian‐Qian Huang, Sheng Liang, Li‐Li Wang, Lei Hu, Ling‐Li Liu, Kun‐Hong Hu, Chong‐Hai Deng, Sheng Cheng, Er‐Tao Zhu and Hua‐Xia Deng

Rare Metals, 2024, 43, 4263
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High-performance lithium batteries achieved by electrospun MXene-Enhanced cation-selective membranes

Hongfa Xiang, Fan Zhang, Bolin Zou, Qian Hou, Chuanfeng Cheng, Min Lu, Xiangru Wang, Weiwei Ping, Yi Sun and Xiaohui Song

Journal of Membrane Science, 2024, 704, 122867
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Review and Perspectives on Preparation Strategies and Applications of Ti3C2 MXene for Li Metal Batteries/Li–S Batteries

Changan Shi, Xin Zhang, Zhuo Li, Tamene Tadesse Beyene, Ting Zheng, Yang Liu and Kai Zhu

Energy Fuels, 2024, 38, 14866
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Bimetallic sulfide based on MXene as a multifunctional separator for lithium sulfur batteries

Jiali Yu, Yaozu Jia, Qi Jin, Lina Bai, Hong Gao and Jing Yao

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1039, 183265
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Flexible MXene-conjugated polymer nanoarchitectures: Current developments and future frontiers in battery technology

Sowjanya Vallem, Sada Venkateswarlu, Seunghyun Song, Jihyun Kim, Yang Li and Joonho Bae

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 510, 215778
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Laser manufactured-liquid metal nanodroplets intercalated Mxene as oil-based lubricant additives for reducing friction and wear

Yuhong Cui, Guangkai Jin, Shenghua Xue, Shujuan Liu, Qian Ye, Feng Zhou and Weimin Liu

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2024, 187, 169
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Strategies of tailoring 2D MXenes for enhancing Sulfur-Based battery performance

Hao Wang, Albert de Kogel, Zerui Wang, Rujia Zou and Xuehang Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 159924
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From Materials to Devices: All‐MXene Platforms for Advanced Energy Storage

Akshaya Perumal, Dinesh Balu, Mohit Saraf and Thangaraj Vijayakumar

Adv Materials Technologies, 2026, 11
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Cellulose-based separator woven by double-layer-configuration fibers for high S-load Li-S batteries

Heng Mao, Xinyu Da, Hang Shen, Wenshan Zhao, Xiangyang Li, Yaqiong Su, Shujiang Ding and Wei Yu

Electrochimica Acta, 2024, 492, 144363
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NC-Co3O4 polyhedron embedded multifunctional separator based on structural engineering towards stable and durable lithium-sulfur battery

Chaojiang Fan, Rong Yang, Ziyang Shi, Lei Mao, Linze Li, Yinglin Yan, Yiming Zou, Erwei Kang, Lisheng Zhong and Yunhua Xu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 968, 171969
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