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most citedElement Replacement Approach by Reaction with Lewis Acidic Molten Salts to Synthesize Nanolaminated MAX Phases and MXenes

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Si-Substituted MAX Phases and In-Situ Formation of Si-coated MXene Composites via Chlorosilane Etching

Xudong Wang, Qian Fang, Mian Li +2

Silicon-based MAX phases are a promising class of layered ceramics with superior thermal and chemical stability. However, their synthesis remains challenging due to inherent thermo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Sublayers Editing of Covalent MAX Phase for Nanolaminated Early Transition Metal Compounds

Ziqian Li, Ke Chen, Xudong Wang +8

Two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have gained popularity in fields such as energy storage, catalysis, and electromagnetic interference due to their di…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Semiconductive and Ferromagnetic Lanthanide MXenes Derived from Carbon Intercalated Two-dimensional Halides

Qian Fang, Liming Wang, Kai Chang +6

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic semiconductors are a key focus in developing next-generation information storage technologies. MXenes, as emerging 2D early transition metal carbides…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Structure maps for MAX phases formability revisited

Yiming Zhang, Yongjia Xu, Qing Huang +5

The extraordinary chemical diversity of MAX phases raises the question of how many and which novel ones are yet to be discovered. The conventional schemes rely either on executions…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Intercalation of metal into transition metal dichalcogenides in molten salts

Lin Gao, Mian Li, Binjie Hu +1

Van der Waals (vdW) layered materials have drawn tremendous interests due to their unique properties. Atom intercalation in the vdW gap of layered materials can tune their electron…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 485 cited

Chemical-scissor-mediated structural editing of layered transition metal carbides

Haoming Ding, Youbing Li, Mian Li +12

Intercalation of non-van der Waals (vdW) layered materials can produce new 2D and 3D materials with unique properties, but it is difficult to achieve. Here, we describe a structura…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 1 cited

The Rendering from the Periodic System of the Elements on the stability, elastic, and electronic properties of M2AC phases

Erxiao Wu, Yiming Zhang, Mian Li +4

MAX phases are nanolaminated ternary materials that combine metallic and ceramic properties. Currently, the A-site elements replacement in traditional ones by later transition-meta…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 47 cited

Near-Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Behavior of Single-Atom-Thick 2D Iron in Nanolaminated Ternary MAX Phases

Youbing Li, Jinghua Liang, Haoming Ding +13

Two dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic materials have attracted much attention in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science, but their synthesis is still a challenge…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 2 cited

Molten salt synthesis of a nanolaminated Sc2SnC MAX Phase

Youbing Li, Yanqing Qin, Ke Chen +8

The MAX phases are a family of of ternary layered material with both metal and ceramic properties, and it is also precursor ma-terials for synthesis of two-dimensional MXenes. The…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 3 cited

Halogenated MXenes with Electrochemically Active Terminals for High Performance Zinc Ion Batteries

Mian Li, XinLiang Li, Guifang Qin +12

The class of two-dimensional metal carbides and nitrides known as MXenes offer a distinct manner of property tailoring for a wide range of applications. The ability to tune the sur…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 37 cited

The role of Hume-Rothery's rules play in the MAX phases formability

Yiming Zhang, Zeyu Mao, Qi Han +5

MAX phases are a family of layered, hexagonal-structure ternary carbides or nitrides of a transitional metal and an A-group element. What makes this type of material fascinating an…

physics.app-ph2019★ 19 cited

A general Lewis acidic etching route for preparing MXenes with enhanced electrochemical performance in non-aqueous electrolyte

Youbing Li, Hui Shao, Zifeng Lin +14

Two-dimensional carbides and nitrides of transition metals, known as MXenes, are a fast-growing family of 2D materials that draw attention as energy storage materials. So far, MXen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 133 cited

Multielemental single-atom-thick A layers in nanolaminated V2(Sn, A)C (A=Fe, Co, Ni, Mn) for tailoring magnetic properties

Youbing Li, Jun Lu, Mian Li +11

Tailoring of individual single-atom-thick layers in nanolaminated materials offers atomic-level control over material properties. Nonetheless, multielement alloying in individual a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 3 cited

Synthesis of MAX Phases Nb2CuC and Ti2(Al0.1Cu0.9)N by A-site Replacement Reaction in Molten Salts

Haoming Ding, Youbing Li, Jun Lu +12

New MAX phases Ti2(AlxCu1-x)N and Nb2CuC were synthesized by A-site replacement by reacting Ti2AlN and Nb2AlC, respectively, with CuCl2 or CuI molten salt. X-ray diffraction, scann…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 1.5k cited

Element Replacement Approach by Reaction with Lewis Acidic Molten Salts to Synthesize Nanolaminated MAX Phases and MXenes

Mian Li, Jun Lu, Kan Luo +12

Nanolaminated materials are important because of their exceptional properties and wide range of applications. Here, we demonstrate a general approach to synthesize a series of Zn-b…