Issue 6, 2024

Beyond the horizons of graphene: xenes for energy applications

Abstract

Almost two decades have passed since the discovery of graphene in 2004, which has revolutionized the world with its diverse applications. One application field is devoted to the future of energy materials, which is possible due to the various well-suited properties of graphene. This development is not limited to carbon-based materials. In the last decade, different new 2D materials similar to graphene were fabricated, having potential to be implemented as catalysts, supercapacitors, and batteries. These materials include mono-elemental 2D materials in groups 13, 14, 15, and 16 of the periodic table. Specifically, borophene, aluminene, gallenene, indiene, and thallene from group 13; graphene, silicene, germanene, stanene, and plumbene from group 14; phosphorene, arsenene, antimonene, and bismuthene from group 15; and sulfurene, selenene, tellurene, and poloniumene from group 16. Herein, we emphasize the general properties of these materials and the possibility of using them in energy applications based on their properties. This work will shed light on the future prospect of using mono-elemental 2D materials and how they may be better alternatives to graphene-based systems.

Graphical abstract: Beyond the horizons of graphene: xenes for energy applications

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
30 nóv. 2023
Accepted
11 apr. 2024
First published
09 maí 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Sustain., 2024,2, 1631-1674

Beyond the horizons of graphene: xenes for energy applications

S. Santra, A. Ghosh, B. Das, S. Pal, S. Pal and A. Adalder, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 1631 DOI: 10.1039/D3SU00445G

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