Browsing by Author "Khaledialidusti, Rasoul"

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    High-Entropy 2D Carbide MXenes: TiVNbMoC3 and TiVCrMoC3
    (ACS, 2021-06) Nemani, Srinivasa Kartik; Zhang, Bowen; Wyatt, Brian C.; Hood, Zachary D.; Manna, Sukrita; Khaledialidusti, Rasoul; Hong, Weichen; Sternberg, Michael G.; Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S.; Anasori, Babak; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, are a fast-growing family of 2D materials. MXenes 2D flakes have n + 1 (n = 1–4) atomic layers of transition metals interleaved by carbon/nitrogen layers, but to-date remain limited in composition to one or two transition metals. In this study, by implementing four transition metals, we report the synthesis of multi-principal-element high-entropy M4C3Tx MXenes. Specifically, we introduce two high-entropy MXenes, TiVNbMoC3Tx and TiVCrMoC3Tx, as well as their precursor TiVNbMoAlC3 and TiVCrMoAlC3 high-entropy MAX phases. We used a combination of real and reciprocal space characterization (X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and scanning transmission electron microscopy) to establish the structure, phase purity, and equimolar distribution of the four transition metals in high-entropy MAX and MXene phases. We use first-principles calculations to compute the formation energies and explore synthesizability of these high-entropy MAX phases. We also show that when three transition metals are used instead of four, under similar synthesis conditions to those of the four-transition-metal MAX phase, two different MAX phases can be formed (i.e., no pure single-phase forms). This finding indicates the importance of configurational entropy in stabilizing the desired single-phase high-entropy MAX over multiphases of MAX, which is essential for the synthesis of phase-pure high-entropy MXenes. The synthesis of high-entropy MXenes significantly expands the compositional variety of the MXene family to further tune their properties, including electronic, magnetic, electrochemical, catalytic, high temperature stability, and mechanical behavior.
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    Temperature-dependent mechanical properties of Tin+1CnO2 (n = 1, 2) MXene monolayers: a first-principles study
    (RSC, 2020-02) Khaledialidusti, Rasoul; Anasori, Babak; Barnoush, Afrooz; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, carbonitrides, and nitrides (named as MXenes) have become of the fastest growing family of 2D materials in terms of compositions and their applications in different areas. One of the least explored properties of MXenes is their mechanical properties. While the basic elastic properties of MXenes have been studied by first-principles, the effects of temperature on the elastic properties have never been explored. In this study, we investigate temperature-dependent structural and mechanical properties of the titanium-containing MXenes (Tin+1CnO2 (n = 1, 2)) based on the first-principles calculations combined with quasi-harmonic approximation. The effective Young's modulus of a single layer of Ti2CO2 and Ti3C2O2 is calculated to be 565 and 482 GPa, respectively, at 0 K. By increasing temperature to 1000 K, Young's moduli of Ti2CO2 and Ti3C2O2 decrease to 469 GPa and 442 GPa, respectively, which indicates a larger reduction in stiffness in thinner MXenes at higher temperatures. Our calculations of the temperature-dependent bond strengths within MXenes showed that titanium and carbon atoms in Ti3C2O2 form stronger bonds than Ti2CO2 and atomic bonds in Ti2CO2 lose their stiffness more than Ti3C2O2 with increasing temperatures. The Debye temperature of these monolayers is also calculated to provide a comparison of the thermal conductivity between these monolayers, in which the results show that the Ti3C2O2 has a higher thermal conductivity than Ti2CO2. Our calculated electronic properties results of the monolayers are also shown that the electrical conductivity of the monolayers would not change with temperature. Our study extends MXenes applications to high-temperature applications, such as structural composite components and aerospace coatings.