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2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles

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The increasing popularity of electric vehicles as an alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles brings new realities, challenges and opportunities for scientists and engineers. A key element of this transition will be to develop solutions for lubrication, thermal management, electrical compatibility and corrosion inhibition. Two-dimensional materials are well poised to address these challenges and enhance the performance, efficiency, durability and, hence, sustainability of electric vehicles during this century and beyond.

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Fig. 1: 2D materials for tribological issues in electric vehicles.

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D.B. acknowledges the support by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (Award No. 2323452). L.I.F.-C. acknowledges the financial support given by Tecnologico de Monterrey within the Challenge-based research project IJST070-23EG68001 (call 2023). A.R. gratefully acknowledges the financial support of ANID-Chile within the projects Fondecyt Regular 1220331, Fondequip EQM190057 and the Millennium Science Initiative Program (NCN2023_007). A.E. acknowledges support from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station startup funds and the Governor’s University Research Initiative.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

    Diana Berman

  2. School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

    Leonardo Israel Farfan-Cabrera

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Materials (FCFM), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Andreas Rosenkranz

  4. ANID – Millennium Science Initiative Program, Millennium Nuclei of Advanced MXenes for Sustainable Applications (AMXSA), Santiago, Chile

    Andreas Rosenkranz

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Ali Erdemir

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Berman, D., Farfan-Cabrera, L.I., Rosenkranz, A. et al. 2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles. Nat Rev Mater (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00680-3

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