Future Perspective of MXene-Filled Polymer Nanocomposites

Abstract

MXene-filled polymers are considered wonder materials and have shown enormous potential for future applications in almost all fields of human interest. MXene-filled polymers exhibit rare combinations of high conduction, highly active surfaces, and dispersibility. Functional bonding of MXene with polymers as composites exhibit excellent mechanical properties that make them suitable for significant development of applications in energy storage, supercapacitors, flexible sensors, biomedical devices from diagnosis to 3D printing of organs, low friction machines, and electromagnetic shields, among others. The large surface area of MXene helps in developing strong interaction between the Ti and O atoms in Ti2C and Ti3C2 than in the F- or OH-terminated MXene. Although many applications have been developed, still a lot of challenges to be addressed concerning various alterations concerning the improvement in functionalization and the inclusion of a new variety of MXene and polymers. The future of various devices based on MXene-filled polymer is full of applications and innovations. In this chapter, the authors present an overview of various existing MXene-filled polymer-based applications in conducting, tribological, sensing, storage devices, membrane for desalination, and future scope of these materials in the coming decades.