Wood-inspired superelastic MXene aerogels with superior photothermal conversion and durable superhydrophobicity for clean-up of super-viscous crude oil

It remains a great challenge to develop functional aerogels with superior mechanical robustness, durable superhydrophobicity, and excellent photothermal conversion ability for the promising next generation of oil/water separation materials and energy regulation systems. Herein, inspired by wood structures, we proposed a facile strategy to develop MXene aerogels with super-elasticity, self-cleaning, excellent joule heating and superior...