Multimodal Spectroscopic Study of Surface Termination Evolution in Cr2TiC2Tx MXene

Hart, James L.; Hantanasirisakul, Kanit; Lang, Andrew C.; Li, Yuanyuan; Mehmood, Faisal; Pachter, Ruth; Frenkel, Anatoly I.; Gogotsi, Yury; Taheri, Mitra L.

doi:10.1002/admi.202001789

Title: Multimodal Spectroscopic Study of Surface Termination Evolution in Cr₂TiC₂T_x MXene

Journal Article · 12 January 2021 · Advanced Materials Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202001789 · OSTI ID:1764594

^[1]; Hantanasirisakul, Kanit ^[2]; Lang, Andrew C. ^[3]; Li, Yuanyuan ^[4]; Mehmood, Faisal ^[5]; Pachter, Ruth ^[5];

^[6]; Gogotsi, Yury ^[2]; Taheri, Mitra L. ^[1]

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
U.S. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Air Force Research Lab. Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright‐Patterson Air Force Base, OH (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Control of surface functionalization of MXenes holds great potential, and in particular, may lead to tuning of magnetic and electronic order in the recently reported magnetic Cr₂TiC₂T_x. Here, vacuum annealing experiments of Cr₂TiC₂T_x are reported with in situ electron energy loss spectroscopy and novel in situ Cr K–edge extended energy loss fine structure analysis, which directly tracks the evolution of the MXene surface coordination environment. These in situ probes are accompanied by benchmarking synchrotron X–ray absorption fine structure measurements and density functional theory calculations. With the etching method used here, the MXene has an initial termination chemistry of Cr₂TiC₂O_1.3F_0.8. Annealing to 600 °C results in the complete loss of –F, but O termination is thermally stable up to (at least) 700 °C. These findings demonstrate thermal control of –F termination in Cr₂TiC₂T_x and offer a first step toward termination engineering this MXene for magnetic applications. Furthermore, this work demonstrates high energy electron spectroscopy as a powerful approach for surface characterization in 2D materials.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0018618

OSTI ID:: 1764594

Report Number(s):: BNL--220993-2021-JAAM

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Interfaces Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 8; ISSN 2196-7350

Publisher:: Wiley-VCHCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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