MXene and MAX Phase Materials

MXene and MAX Phase Materials is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and development of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes. The papers cover a wide range of topics including energy storage, electrochemical properties, batteries, capacitance, nanosheets, electrocatalysis, and photothermal conversion.

MXenes
two-dimensional materials
energy storage
nanocrystals
electrochemical properties
batteries
capacitance
nanosheets
electrocatalysis
photothermal conversion

Research works: 41k
In the world top 10%: 4k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +42%
Largest producer: China

MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Which countries lead MXene and MAX Phase Materials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (8.7k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 8.7k works
2 India 1.7k works
3 United States 873 works
4 South Korea 662 works
5 Iran 362 works
6 Germany 281 works
7 Japan 269 works
8 Russia 236 works
9 Saudi Arabia 225 works
10 Pakistan 217 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China8,718 · 64.6%India1,657 · 12.3%United States873 · 6.5%South Korea662 · 4.9%6 others listed1,591 · 11.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead MXene and MAX Phase Materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most MXene and MAX Phase Materials research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 538 works
2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 150 works
3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 147 works
4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 106 works
5 Central South UniversityChina 102 works
6 Jilin UniversityChina 97 works
7 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 95 works
8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 94 works
9 Shandong UniversityChina 91 works
10 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 89 works

Who are the leading researchers in MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on MXene and MAX Phase Materials include Zhong Lin Wang, John P. Perdew and Georg Kresse.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
5 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
6 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
7 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
9 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
10 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

The most cited paper in MXene and MAX Phase Materials is "Atomically Thin MoS 2 : A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor" (Kin Fai Mak, Changgu Lee, James Hone et al., 2010), with 15,416 citations. Next come "Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti 3 AlC 2" (11,847) and "Van der Waals heterostructures" (10,972).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Atomically Thin MoS 2 : A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor Kin Fai Mak, Changgu Lee, James Hone et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access	24 Sep 2010	15,416
2	Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti 3 AlC 2 Michael Naguib, Murat Erdem Kurtoglu, Volker Presser et al. · Advanced Materials Open access	22 Aug 2011	11,847
3	Van der Waals heterostructures A. K. Geim, I. V. Grigorieva · Nature Open access	Jul 2013	10,972
4	The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets Manish Chhowalla, Hyeon Suk Shin, Goki Eda et al. · Nature Chemistry	20 Mar 2013	10,010
5	Black phosphorus field-effect transistors Likai Li, Yijun Yu, Guo Jun Ye et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access	2 Mar 2014	8,452

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Where is MXene and MAX Phase Materials research done?

The largest centres of MXene and MAX Phase Materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chernogolovka.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 1.2k works
2 Xi'anChina 566 works
3 ShanghaiChina 459 works
4 NanjingChina 438 works
5 WuhanChina 346 works
6 SeoulSouth Korea 295 works
7 ChengduChina 290 works
8 HarbinChina 272 works
9 GuangzhouChina 258 works
10 TianjinChina 254 works

Where it is the local speciality

ChernogolovkaRU · 22.0 works14×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in MXene and MAX Phase Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, City University of Hong Kong, Drexel University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	City University of Hong KongChina	68.5	20.8%	5.8×	47	+56.1%
2	Drexel UniversityUnited States	66.1	25.7%	11.0×	45	-19.1%
3	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	65.6	28.3%	2.3×	28	+28.4%
4	Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina	65.0	31.8%	5.0×	20	+405.0%
5	Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina	64.3	17.5%	9.8×	60	+40.9%
6	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina	63.9	13.5%	9.2×	147	+26.9%
7	Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia	63.3	37.3%	4.5×	13	+60.6%
8	Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates	62.7	21.0%	9.4×	32	+478.6%
9	Sunway UniversityMalaysia	61.5	26.1%	10.7×	14	+400.8%
10	Zhengzhou UniversityChina	60.9	14.7%	5.2×	89	+52.5%
11	Qingdao UniversityChina	58.4	18.0%	5.2×	50	+125.1%
12	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	58.4	17.9%	5.2×	27	+547.8%
13	Shandong UniversityChina	58.0	14.3%	4.9×	90	+15.0%
14	United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates	57.3	25.8%	4.0×	13	+121.7%
15	Yangzhou UniversityChina	57.0	17.7%	5.8×	45	+169.2%
16	Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina	56.5	28.4%	5.7×	26	+26.1%
17	South China University of TechnologyChina	56.3	13.7%	4.1×	63	+28.3%
18	Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea	56.2	15.2%	11.7×	37	+169.2%
19	Guangdong University of TechnologyChina	55.9	16.5%	6.9×	53	+71.1%
20	Donghua UniversityChina	55.9	17.3%	7.8×	40	+97.8%
21	University of Science and Technology BeijingChina	55.3	9.4%	8.7×	94	+36.4%
22	Jilin UniversityChina	55.2	9.0%	6.0×	97	+40.9%
23	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	54.8	10.1%	4.5×	74	+23.2%
24	Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina	54.5	14.7%	4.9×	53	+98.6%
25	Tsinghua UniversityChina	54.4	16.7%	2.5×	82	+1.4%
26	Sichuan UniversityChina	54.2	11.8%	2.7×	87	+94.6%
27	Hubei University of Automotive TechnologyChina	54.2	26.9%	18.6×	13	+330.2%
28	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	54.1	15.6%	3.3×	52	+19.0%
29	Fuzhou UniversityChina	53.9	13.0%	5.4×	42	+70.2%
30	King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia	53.8	17.6%	5.2×	25	+268.1%
31	Zhejiang UniversityChina	53.7	14.1%	1.6×	61	+23.9%
32	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	53.4	11.7%	3.3×	82	+42.2%
33	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	53.3	14.0%	2.8×	39	+245.9%
34	Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina	53.1	15.3%	5.5×	35	+163.7%
35	Jiangsu UniversityChina	53.0	13.0%	5.1×	57	+69.2%
36	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina	52.9	12.4%	2.5×	64	+16.7%
37	RMIT UniversityAustralia	52.9	22.8%	2.5×	13	+41.2%
38	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina	52.7	7.5%	6.5×	150	-0.1%
39	National University of Sciences and TechnologyPakistan	52.6	15.4%	8.3×	24	+157.9%
40	Gachon UniversitySouth Korea	52.4	17.0%	8.4×	28	+130.4%
41	Central South UniversityChina	51.8	6.5%	3.8×	102	+22.9%
42	Shanghai University of Electric PowerChina	50.4	25.3%	5.2×	12	+194.3%
43	Qiqihar UniversityChina	49.5	21.9%	13.2×	14	+371.4%
44	Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina	49.3	9.3%	14.0×	48	+46.6%
45	Xiangtan UniversityChina	45.0	6.1%	14.3×	48	+32.4%
46	Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia	44.6	14.5%	3.1×	11	+790.2%
47	University of Hong KongChina	43.7	14.3%	1.2×	16	+24.1%
48	Henan University of Science and TechnologyChina	42.7	4.6%	12.3×	45	+133.6%
49	Harbin Normal UniversityChina	42.2	7.3%	24.7×	29	+113.0%
50	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	41.7	12.3%	2.0×	12	+21.8%
51	Shenyang University of TechnologyChina	41.3	5.0%	13.2×	40	+219.0%
52	Duy Tan UniversityVietnam	40.8	8.3%	14.9×	13	+34.7%
53	The University of QueenslandAustralia	39.0	25.2%	0.8×	11	-9.2%
54	Taif UniversitySaudi Arabia	38.3	11.3%	3.1×	10	+755.9%
55	University of MacauChina	36.8	9.5%	2.4×	11	+33.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in MXene and MAX Phase Materials, country by country

Is MXene and MAX Phase Materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is MXene and MAX Phase Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.072% in 2024.

Fractional works of MXene and MAX Phase Materials over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead MXene and MAX Phase Materials research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead MXene and MAX Phase Materials research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

What are the most cited papers in MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

Where is MXene and MAX Phase Materials research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study MXene and MAX Phase Materials?

Is MXene and MAX Phase Materials research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion