Electrochemical Engineering of Emerging 2D Materials beyond Graphene: Progress and Prospects

Following the remarkable success of graphene, graphene-like 2D materials have garnered significant attention over the past decade due to their extraordinary physical and chemical properties. Despite the high demand for these materials in industry, developing facile, and cost-effective methods for large-scale production and functionalization under ambient conditions remains a challenge. As innovative green growth and modification strategies, electrochemical engineering techniques provide economic advantages in scalable manufacturing and surface manipulation. In this review, the established electrochemical techniques including intercalation-exfoliation, deposition, etching, and topotactic transformation are summarized for producing a diverse range of emerging 2D materials and precisely tailoring their surface functional groups. Furthermore, numerous applications of these engineered 2D nanomaterials in energy and electronic fields, such as batteries, electrocatalysis, electronics, and optoelectronics are highlighted. Finally, it is concluded by outlining the remaining challenges and offering these perspectives on future research directions in this burgeoning field of advanced manufacturing.