Self-assembly method for two-dimensional mesoporous materials: a review for recent progress

Two-dimensional mesoporous materials (2DMMs) refer to thin two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets with randomly dispersed or ordered mesopores, which can combine the advantages of 2D materials and mesoporous materials while overcoming their inherent drawbacks, leading to enhanced application performance. A self-assembly strategy has been recognized as a promising manufacturing method for 2DMMs with customized performance. Over the past decades, encouraging progress has been made in the development of 2DMMs via the self-assembly strategy with a variety of compositions, morphologies, mesoporous structures, and pore sizes. Here, we provide a comprehensive review on recent progress in the fabrication of 2DMMs through this strategy, focusing on the synthesis methods, including molecular self-assembly methods, single micelle assembly methods, multi-templates methods, surface-limited co-assembly methods, and template-free methods. In addition, we set out the challenges faced by 2DMMs in future research and point out potential development directions.

[1]  Lu Liu,et al.  Stepwise Monomicelle Assembly for Highly Ordered Mesoporous TiO2 Membranes with Precisely Tailored Mesophase and Porosity , 2023, JACS Au.

[2]  Zhong‐Shuai Wu,et al.  Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion: Current Status, Chemical Synthesis and Challenging Perspectives , 2023, Electrochemical Energy Reviews.

[3]  L. Zhan,et al.  Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Grafted MXene Catalytic Heterostructure as Li-Ion Kinetic Pump toward High-Efficient Sulfur/Sulfide Conversions for Li-S Battery. , 2023, ACS nano.

[4]  Tao Wang,et al.  Multi-Dimensional Molecular Self-Assembly Strategy for the Construction of Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Polydiaminopyridine and Carbon Materials. , 2022, Small.

[5]  Dingsheng Wang,et al.  Tuning Mass Transport in Electrocatalysis Down to Sub-5nm Through Nanoscale Grade Separation. , 2022, Angewandte Chemie.

[6]  Jun Yu Li,et al.  Continuous Modulation of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activities of Single-atom Catalysts through p-n Junction Rectification. , 2022, Angewandte Chemie.

[7]  Y. Liao,et al.  Functionalization of Mesoporous Semiconductor Metal Oxides for Gas Sensing: Recent Advances and Emerging Challenges , 2022, Advanced science.

[8]  P. Nockemann,et al.  Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of mesoporous polymers and carbon materials: the self-assembly mechanism. , 2022, Nanoscale.

[9]  M. Tian,et al.  Supramolecular Self-Assembly Strategy towards Fabricating Mesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon for Efficient Electro-Fenton Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants , 2022, Nanomaterials.

[10]  Zhong‐Shuai Wu,et al.  Multifunctional Mesoporous Polyaniline/Graphene Nanosheets for Flexible Planar Integrated Microsystem of Zinc Ion Microbattery and Gas Sensor. , 2022, Small.

[11]  Y. Yamauchi,et al.  Noble‐Metal‐Based Hollow Mesoporous Nanoparticles: Synthesis Strategies and Applications , 2022, Advanced materials.

[12]  Yuyao Li,et al.  2D Polymer Nanonets: Controllable Constructions and Functional Applications. , 2022, Macromolecular rapid communications.

[13]  Dingsheng Wang,et al.  Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes , 2022, Nature Catalysis.

[14]  Danyan Feng,et al.  Interface and Charge Induced Molecular Self-assembly Strategy for the Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated with Mesoporous Platinum Sheets. , 2022, Macromolecular rapid communications.

[15]  A. Elzatahry,et al.  Highly stable hybrid single-micelle: a universal nanocarrier for hydrophobic bioimaging agents , 2022, Nano Research.

[16]  Fei Wang,et al.  2D Polymer Nanosheets for Membrane Separation , 2022, Advanced science.

[17]  Y. Yamauchi,et al.  Two-Dimensional MXene-Polymer Heterostructure with Ordered In-Plane Mesochannels for High-Performance Capacitive Deionization. , 2021, Angewandte Chemie.

[18]  D. Zhao,et al.  Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials. , 2021, Chemical reviews.

[19]  Tunan Gao,et al.  A Solvent Polarity Induced Interface Self-assembly Strategy towards Mesoporous Triazine-based Carbon Materials. , 2021, Angewandte Chemie.

[20]  Jinwoo Lee,et al.  Polymer Interface-Dependent Morphological Transition toward Two-Dimensional Porous Inorganic Nanocoins as an Ultrathin Multifunctional Layer for Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. , 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[21]  Yu Gao,et al.  Interface-induced Self-assembly Strategy Toward Two-dimensional Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/MXene Heterostructures for High Performance Supercapacitors. , 2021, ChemSusChem.

[22]  Wen Liu,et al.  Layered double hydroxide-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: identification and tailoring of active sites, and superaerophobic nanoarray electrode assembly. , 2021, Chemical Society reviews.

[23]  D. Zhao,et al.  2D mesoporous materials , 2021, National science review.

[24]  Y. Gogotsi,et al.  The world of two-dimensional carbides and nitrides (MXenes) , 2021, Science.

[25]  Junqiu Liu,et al.  Template-Free Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Polymers into Nano/Microstructured Materials , 2021, Molecules.

[26]  Jongkook Hwang,et al.  Graphene-Based Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Materials: Synthesis and Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications , 2021, Materials.

[27]  Yadong Li,et al.  Atomically dispersed nonmagnetic electron traps improve oxygen reduction activity of perovskite oxides , 2021, Energy & Environmental Science.

[28]  Xinran Zhou,et al.  General and Efficient Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Monolayer Mesoporous Materials with Diverse Framework Compositions. , 2020, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[29]  Yuchi Fan,et al.  Interfacial engineering of core-shell structured mesoporous architectures from single-micelle building blocks , 2020, Nano Today.

[30]  Lianjun Wang,et al.  Pushing the Limit of Ordered Mesoporous Materials via 2D Self‐Assembly for Energy Conversion and Storage , 2020, Advanced Functional Materials.

[31]  Jinwoo Lee,et al.  Polymer blend directed anisotropic self-assembly toward mesoporous inorganic bowls and nanosheets , 2020, Science Advances.

[32]  Y. Yamauchi,et al.  Self-assembly of block copolymers towards mesoporous materials for energy storage and conversion systems. , 2020, Chemical Society reviews.

[33]  D. Zhao,et al.  Emerging trends in porous materials for CO2 capture and conversion. , 2020, Chemical Society reviews.

[34]  Yuanyuan Zhu,et al.  Template-free Synthesis of Mesoporous and Crystalline Transition Metal Oxide Nanoplates with Abundant Surface Defects , 2020 .

[35]  Xiaodong Zhuang,et al.  2D Porous Polymers with sp2‐Carbon Connections and Sole sp2‐Carbon Skeletons , 2020, Advanced Functional Materials.

[36]  Jinwoo Lee,et al.  Polymer Interfacial Self-Assembly Guided Two-dimensional Engineering of Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanosheets. , 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[37]  Yunqi Li,et al.  A centimeter scale self-standing two-dimensional ultra-thin mesoporous platinum nanosheet , 2020 .

[38]  Jiayan Luo,et al.  MXene‐Based Mesoporous Nanosheets Toward Superior Lithium Ion Conductors , 2020, Advanced Energy Materials.

[39]  D. Zhao,et al.  A Universal Lab‐on‐Salt‐Particle Approach to 2D Single‐Layer Ordered Mesoporous Materials , 2020, Advanced materials.

[40]  D. Zhao,et al.  Single-micelle-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials , 2019, Nature Reviews Materials.

[41]  Lianzhou Wang,et al.  Stacking-Layer-Number Dependence of Water Adsorption in 3D Ordered Close-Packed g-C3 N4 Nanosphere Arrays for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. , 2019, Angewandte Chemie.

[42]  Shasha Zheng,et al.  The State of Research Regarding Ordered Mesoporous Materials in Batteries. , 2019, Small.

[43]  Wei Li,et al.  Molecule Self-Assembly Synthesis of Porous Few-Layer Carbon Nitride for Highly Efficient Photoredox Catalysis. , 2019, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[44]  Zhongqiang Shan,et al.  Understanding the formation of ultrathin mesoporous Li4Ti5O12 nanosheets and their application in high-rate, long-life lithium-ion anodes. , 2019, Nanoscale.

[45]  Maximilian T. Strauss,et al.  Template-free 2D particle fusion in localization microscopy , 2018, Nature Methods.

[46]  A. Urbas,et al.  Nature‐Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self‐Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids , 2018, Advanced materials.

[47]  U. Wiesner,et al.  Generalized Access to Mesoporous Inorganic Particles and Hollow Spheres from Multicomponent Polymer Blends , 2018, Advanced materials.

[48]  Wei Tang,et al.  Highly Uniform Carbon Sheets with Orientation-Adjustable Ordered Mesopores. , 2018, ACS nano.

[49]  Yong‐Mook Kang,et al.  General template-free strategy for fabricating mesoporous two-dimensional mixed oxide nanosheets via self-deconstruction/reconstruction of monodispersed metal glycerate nanospheres , 2018 .

[50]  Y. Jiao,et al.  Emerging Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis. , 2018, Chemical reviews.

[51]  A. Kis,et al.  2D transition metal dichalcogenides , 2017 .

[52]  Qiyuan He,et al.  Recent Advances in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials. , 2017, Chemical reviews.

[53]  Jin-Ho Choy,et al.  Mesoporous carbon nitrides: synthesis, functionalization, and applications. , 2017, Chemical Society reviews.

[54]  Artur Ciesielski,et al.  2D Materials Beyond Graphene for High‐Performance Energy Storage Applications , 2016 .

[55]  D. Zhao,et al.  Synthesis of 2D‐Mesoporous‐Carbon/MoS2 Heterostructures with Well‐Defined Interfaces for High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Batteries , 2016, Advanced materials.

[56]  Xiaodong Zhuang,et al.  Dual‐Template Synthesis of 2D Mesoporous Polypyrrole Nanosheets with Controlled Pore Size , 2016, Advanced materials.

[57]  Xiaodong Zhuang,et al.  Two-Dimensional Mesoscale-Ordered Conducting Polymers. , 2016, Angewandte Chemie.

[58]  Jun Liu,et al.  Mesoporous materials for energy conversion and storage devices , 2016 .

[59]  Hua Zhang.  Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials. , 2015, ACS nano.

[60]  M. Jaroniec,et al.  Heteroatom-Doped Graphene-Based Materials for Energy-Relevant Electrocatalytic Processes , 2015 .

[61]  M. Tan,et al.  Ultrasmall single micelle@resin core-shell nanocarriers as efficient cargo loading vehicles for in vivo biomedical applications. , 2015, Journal of materials chemistry. B.

[62]  A. B. Fuertes,et al.  Hierarchical microporous/mesoporous carbon nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitors. , 2015, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[63]  Xiaojing Yang,et al.  Graphene‐Based Mesoporous SnO2 with Enhanced Electrochemical Performance for Lithium‐Ion Batteries , 2013 .

[64]  Roberto Millini,et al.  Porous materials in catalysis: challenges for mesoporous materials. , 2013, Chemical Society reviews.

[65]  D. Zhao,et al.  Large-pore ordered mesoporous materials templated from non-Pluronic amphiphilic block copolymers. , 2013, Chemical Society reviews.

[66]  Yu Ren,et al.  Ordered mesoporous metal oxides: synthesis and applications. , 2012, Chemical Society reviews.

[67]  K. Müllen,et al.  Sandwich‐Like, Graphene‐Based Titania Nanosheets with High Surface Area for Fast Lithium Storage , 2011, Advanced materials.

[68]  Andre K. Geim,et al.  Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films , 2004, Science.

[69]  Dingsheng Wang,et al.  High-entropy atomic environment converts inactive to active site for electrocatalysis , 2023, Energy & Environmental Science.

[70]  Lei Zhang,et al.  A novel 2D mesoporous phosphazene-anthraquinone-based covalent organic polymer: synthesis, characterization and supercapacitor applications , 2021, New Journal of Chemistry.