Structural, Morphological and Elemental Analysis of Selectively Etched and Exfoliated Ti3AlC2 MAX Phase

In the present research major focus is on the synthesis of materials that can be easily used in small portable devices and as energy storage devices. Here we focused on a new family of 2D materials Ti3C2 (MXenes). Ti3AlC2 (MAX phase) was intercalated using selective etching of aluminium present in t...

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Published inJournal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural Science Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 13 - 17
Main Authors Jahan, Nushrat, Hussain, Salim, Rahman, Huzef Ur, Manzoor, Insha, Pandey, Shashank, Habib, Kamran, Ali, Syed Kaabir, Pandita, Reetika, Upadhyay, Chandramani
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.01.2021
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Chemical Sciences
Material chemistry
delamination
intercalation
MAX phase
MXene
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Summary:In the present research major focus is on the synthesis of materials that can be easily used in small portable devices and as energy storage devices. Here we focused on a new family of 2D materials Ti3C2 (MXenes). Ti3AlC2 (MAX phase) was intercalated using selective etching of aluminium present in the MAX phase. The etching was done using HF in combination with HCl followed by delaminated in DMSO medium using ultrasonication. The synthesized samples were physically characterized via XRD, SEM, and EDX. The XRD diffractogram confirms the formation of MXene through its characteristic plane (002) arising at 2θ~9°. The morphological study revealed the stacked layered sheet like structure obtained through SEM. The elemental confirmation of removal of aluminium was done as indicated by EDX spectroscopy.
ISSN:2774-3047
2774-3047
DOI:10.47352/jmans.v1i1.6