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An aluminum ion battery (AIB) is a multivalent ion battery that used alu-minum as the anode, layered compounds as the cathode, and non-aqueous solvents as the electrolyte. Because of its high safety and ubiquity, this type of battery is expected as an alternative to lithium-ion battery that we use today. Furthermore, compared to lithium-ion batteries, it has approxi-mately four times the electrical capacity per volume and has the potential to produce high-capacity batteries. However, it faces several challenges. One of them is its poor cycle performance. MXene has prospects of solving it. It is a class of two-dimensional materials and possesses a layered structure with metal atoms sandwiched between two layers of light elements atoms. MXenes exhibit exceptional electrical conductivity, high surface area, and mechanical strength. They have diverse applications including energy stor-age, catalysis, sensing, and electromagnetic shielding due to their unique properties and tunable surface chemistry. In this study, we aimed to fabri-cate the MXene-based cathode materials for AIB and to construct batteries using it to explore the possibility of improving cycle performance.
