Ultra-rapid Synthesis of High-entropy MAX Phases and Their Derivative MXenes for Battery Electrodes

Liang Zhang, Huicong Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Chunxue Liu, Yifei Sun, Yiyuan Zhang, Zhen Fang*, Jiangang He*, Rongming Wang*, Kai Jiang*, Di Chen*

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摘要

High-entropy materials hold immense promise for energy storage, owing to their varied compositions and unforeseen physicochemical properties, yet, which poses challenges in synthesis due to tendentious phase separation and extended sintering durations. Herein, an ultra-rapid strategy based on spark plasma sintering (SPS) techniques is proposed to synthesize high-entropy MAX phases within 15 minutes, including a new phase of (Ti0.2V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2)4AlC3 and several phases of 413-type TiVNbMoAlC3, TiVCrMoAlC3 and (Ti0.2V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)4AlC3, achieving utmost purity level up to 99.54 %. Under high temperature, the overfeed of Al with low melt point (~660 °C) can foster a liquid environment, which remits the immiscibility among starting materials and benefits to diffusion dynamics to some extents. Theoretical calculations are employed to elucidate the thermodynamic preponderance of high-entropy MAX phases in the intricate multi-element systems. Meanwhile, the varied stacking modes among MX slabs in high-entropy MAX phases and the distinct topological transformations to their derivative MXenes can be observed directly at the atomic level. Moreover, four high-entropy MXenes as electrode materials were investigated for rechargeable batteries. Among them, TiVNbMoC3 electrode demonstrates superior lithium-ion storage capabilities with 725 mAh g−1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g−1, triggering the edification to the application of high-entropy MXenes for energy domain.

源语言英语
期刊Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
DOI
出版状态已接受/待刊 - 2024

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