Environmental Insights and Sustainability Opportunities for Scaled-Up MXene Production Without Etching.

Yushuai Huang, Peng Peng, Maoqiao Xiang, Fen Yue, Jiangyan Wang, Wenwei Liu, Qingshan Zhu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Yushuai HuangState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1538-1671

Peng PengState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Maoqiao XiangState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2964-7655

Fen YueState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Jiangyan WangSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9806-6205

Wenwei LiuState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-5129

Qingshan ZhuState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Mesoscience and Process Engineering

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MXenes are a class of high-performance materials receiving significant attention in areas such as energy and sensors. However, their conventional synthesis via defective etching raises environmental concerns due to the heavy use of hazardous chemicals. Herein, the environmental impacts of emerging MXene synthesis pathways are systematically evaluated from lab to process scales. Transforming away from solvent-based etching could enable a 94% reduction in carbon emissions with improved reactant efficiency and recovery. Further, process optimization opportunities are identified for gas-phase and molten salt synthesis pathways to achieving 67% to 85% reduction in human health, ecosystems, and natural resource impacts. Future research should target developing processes with dispersant to product ratio reaching 5.3 L/kg, which can reduce the carbon emission of MXene production down to 27 kg CO

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carbon emissionenvironmental impactsMXeneprocess‐based life cycle assessmentsustainable synthesis

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PMID42037197

DOI10.1002/advs.75376

PMCPMC13335621

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