The joint patent from MRC, Carbon-Ukraine, and Drexel University on a highly porous MAX phase precursor enabling advanced MXene synthesis is now officially published!

Great news! Our joint patent with Drexel University on a highly porous MAX phase precursor for MXene synthesis is officially published!
Huge congratulations and thanks to our amazing collaborators and team for making this milestone possible.

Patent Highlights:
Highly Porous MAX Phase Precursor for MXene

Inventors: Yury Gogotsi, Oleksiy Gogotsi, Iryna Roslyk, Veronika Zahorodna, Ivan Baginskiy, Robert Lord

Publication number: 20250136452

Publication date: May 1, 2025

Why it matters: This innovation enables low-cost, scalable, and cleaner MXene production, opening the door to more efficient applications in energy storage, water treatment, and beyond.
Read more about this collaborative work in our new research paper on porous Ti₃AlC₂ MAX phase for efficient Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene synthesis.

The main purpose of this study is to develop a porous Ti3AlC2MAX phase that can be easily ground into individual grains manually without time-consuming eliminating the need for drilling and intenseball-milling before MXene synthesis. Moreover, we also demonstrate the synthesis of highly porous Ti3AlC2 (about 70%) from an inexpensive raw materials.