Application of MXenes in environmental remediation technologies

Tunesi, Mawada Mohammed; Soomro, Razium Ali; Han, Xi; Zhu, Qizhen; Wei, Yi; Xu, Bin

doi:10.1186/s40580-021-00255-w

Nano Convergence

Table 3 Photodegradation performance for the organic dyes and some chemical compounds using MXene and MXene-based composite photocatalysts

From: Application of MXenes in environmental remediation technologies

MXene-based photocatalyst	Pollutant	Light source	Concentration and volume	Degradation efficiency	Reference
Ti₃C₂T_x	MB AB80	UV-C lamp (254 nm)	0.012 mg L⁻¹, 40 mL 0.06 mg L⁻¹, 40 mL	81% in 5 h 62% in 5 h	[19]
TiO₂/Ti₃C₂	MO	175 W Hg lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	98% in 30 min	[51]
(001) TiO₂/Ti₃C₂	MO	300 W Hg lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 200 mL	97.4% in 50 min	[52]
(111) TiO₂/Ti₃C₂	MB MO	500 W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 200 mL	75% in 150 min	[53]
TiO₂/Ti₃C₂T_x	CBZ	100 W medium pressure lamp	5 mg L⁻¹, 10 mL	98.67% in 4 h	[54]
Ti₃C₂/TiO₂/CuO	MO	175 W Hg lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	99% in 80 min	[55]
Ti₂C/TiO₂/Ag	SA	150 W Hg lamp	100 μM, 400 mL	97.1% in 3 h	[56]
TiO₂@C	MB	500 W Hg lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 50 mL	85.7% in 360 min	[57]
In₂S₃/TiO₂@ Ti₃C₂T_x	MO	300 W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	92.1% in 60 min	[58]
CdS@Ti₃C₂@TiO₂	RhB MB SCP Phenol	Visible light with 300 mW cm⁻²	20 mg L⁻¹, 200 mL	100% in 60 min 100% in 88 min 100% in 88 min 100% in 150 min	[59]
CeO₂/Ti₃C₂	RhB	500 W Hg lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 50 mL	75% in 90 min	[60]
Fe₂O₃/Ti₃C₂	RhB	500 W Xe lamp	10 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	98% in 120 min	[61]
BGFO-20Sn/MXene	CR	300 W Xe lamp	–, 100 mL	100% in 2 h	[62]
BLFMO/MXene	CR	double beam UV/Vis–NIR spectrophotometer (Cary 5000, Varian)	–	~ 93% in 10 min	[63]
CuFe₂O₄/MXene	SMZ	300 W Xe lamp	40 mg L⁻¹, –	59.4% in 60 min	[64]
Ag₂WO₄/Ti₃C₂	TC SFE	300 W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, –	62.9% in 40 min 88.6% in 40 min	[65]
Bi₂WO₆/Nb₂CT_x	RhB, MB TC-HCl	500 W Xe lamp	15 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	99.8% in 90 min 92.7% in 90 min 83.1% in 120 min	[66]
Ag₃PO₄/ Ti₃C₂	MO 2,4-DNP TC-H TPL CPL	300 W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 50 mL	–	[67]
g-C₃N₄/Ti₃C₂	CIP	500 W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 50 mL	100% in 150 min	[68]
g- C₃N₄/ Ti₃C₂-AgNPs	Aniline	–	–	81.8% in 8 h	[69]
Ti₃C₂T_x/GO/EY	Cr(VI) 4-NA	300 W Xe arc lamp	10 mg L⁻¹, 20 mL	99.3% in 10 min 97% in 5 min	[73]
BiOBr_0.5I_0.5/ Ti₃C₂T_x	RhB Phenol	300-W Xe lamp	20 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL 10 mg L⁻¹, 100 mL	100% in 40 min 50% in 5 h	[74]

BGFO-20Sn Gd and Sn co-doped bismuth ferrite BiFeO₃ nanoparticles, BLFMO La and Mn co-doped bismuth ferrite BiFeO₃ nanoparticles, CR Congo red, MB methyl blue, AB80 acid blue 80, MO methyl orange, CBZ Carbamazepine, RhB Rhodamine B, SCP sulfachloropyridazine, SA salicylic acid, 2,4-DNP 2,4-Dinitrophenol, TC-H tetracycline hydrochloride, TPL thiamphenicol, CPL chloramphenicol, SMZ sulfamethazine, SFE sulfadimidine, CIP ciprofloxacin, 4-NA 4-nitroaniline

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