Sustainable Production of Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) from Fruit Wastes for Improved Solar Evaporation

Marliyana Aizudin; Murali Krishna Sudha; Ronn Goei; Shun Kuang Lua; Rafeeque Poolamuri Pottammel; Alfred Iing Yoong Tok; Edison Huixiang Ang

doi:10.1002/chem.202203930

Sustainable Production of Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) from Fruit Wastes for Improved Solar Evaporation

Chemistry. 2023 Jan 9;29(2):e202203930. doi: 10.1002/chem.202203930. Epub 2022 Dec 29.

Authors

Marliyana Aizudin¹, Murali Krishna Sudha¹, Ronn Goei², Shun Kuang Lua³, Rafeeque Poolamuri Pottammel⁴, Alfred Iing Yoong Tok², Edison Huixiang Ang¹

Affiliations

¹ Natural Sciences and Science Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637616, Singapore.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
³ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, 695551, India.

PMID: 36581594
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203930

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Edison Huixiang Ang at the National Institute of Education, an institute of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The image depicts the sustainable fabrication of two-dimensional MXene sheets from the upcycling of fruit waste for solar desalination. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202203184.

MeSH terms

Fruit*
Humans
Physical Phenomena

Substances

molybdenum carbide
MXene