Pandey, Sudeshana Ghimire, Mukesh Lee, Chanyong Park, Jihye Amaya, Manuel Isaac Olivar Son, Ji-Won Yun, Yong Ju Jun, Yongseok 2025-08-20T03:01:06Z 2025-08-20T03:01:06Z 2025-08-20 2026-01 0016-2361 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/152957 Mxene, an emerging 2D nanomaterial, in combination with earth-abundant and widely used hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), can potentially be used as an alternative electro/photocatalyst for water splitting. The synergetic combination of both materials improves water splitting performance. This enhancement results from strong interfacial interactions, improved charge transfer, accelerated reaction kinetics, better light absorption, and efficient charge separation. MXene possess a large surface-to-volume ratio, metallic conductivity, hydrophilicity, and rich surface functionalities. Hematite, on the other hand, is naturally abundant, chemically stable, and has a suitable band gap. Together, they have been utilized to create synergetic composite catalysts. Major synthesis synergetic strategies include nanostructuring, elemental doping, surface modification, and forming heterojunction structures, mostly through top-down approaches.. The catalytic performance of this nanocomposite surpasses that of pristine MXene or hematite alone for hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution reactions, and overall water splitting.. Key challenges for large-scale production include ensuring material stability and achieving uniformity during synthesis. which can be overcome with continuous research and development by introducing new and refining the existing synthesis strategies for preparing industry-scale catalyst materials for water-splitting applications. This review highlights the recent progress and trends in synthesis strategies, synergetic performances, prospects, and challenges of MXene-hematite nanocomposites for water-splitting applications. English Elsevier BV Recent progress on MXene-hematite nanocomposite catalyst for water-splitting applications: Synthesis strategies, synergetic performance, and future perspectives Article 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.136248 3 Fuel, v.404 Fuel 404 N 001532849900003 2-s2.0-105010538660 Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Energy & Fuels Engineering Review 2D TI3C2 MXENE DOPED HEMATITE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OXYGEN EVOLUTION THIN-FILMS IRON-OXIDE EFFICIENT ALPHA-FE2O3 OXIDATION Hematite MXene Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Water Splitting