Thinfilm (Sweden)

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Towards reliable binding energy referencing

With more than 9000 papers published annually, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is an indispensable technique in modem surface and materials science for the determination ...

New Two-Dimensional Niobium and Vanadium Carbides as Promising Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

New two-dimensional niobium and vanadium carbides have been synthesized by selective etching, at room temperature, of Al from Nb2AlC and V2AlC, respectively. These new matrials ...

Two-Dimensional, Ordered, Double Transition Metals Carbides (MXenes)

The higher the chemical diversity and structural complexity of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the higher the likelihood they possess unique and useful properties. Herein, densi...

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

Two-dimensional carbides and nitrides of transition metals, known as MXenes, are a fast-growing family of materials that have attracted attention as energy storage materials. MX...

Reliable determination of chemical state in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy based on sample-work-function referencing to adventitious carbon: Resolving the myth of apparent constant binding energy of the C 1s peak

Thermal stability of Ti3SiC2 thin films

On the Topotactic Transformation of <scp> <scp> Ti ₂ AlC </scp> </scp> into a <scp> <scp>Ti–C–O–F</scp> </scp> Cubic Phase by Heating in Molten Lithium Fluoride in Air

Herein we report on the formation of a Ti–C–O–F phase via the topotactic transformation of Ti 2 AlC by immersion in molten lithium fluoride, LiF , at 900°C in air for 2 h. The A...

Synthesis of a new nanocrystalline titanium aluminum fluoride phase by reaction of Ti2AlC with hydrofluoric acid

A new nanocrystalline phase of titanium aluminum fluoride, with a stoichiometry of Ti2AlF9—exact stoichiometry measured herein is Ti2.1Al0.9F9,—was synthesized by the fluorinati...