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US 12,322,799 B2Granted
Rare earth element MXenes and methods of making thereof
AssigneeThe Trustees of Indiana University
InventorsBabak Anasori, Weichen Hong
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Abstract
A composition of matter defined by the general formula of M2+vL1−vX2, wherein: X is carbon; M represents a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Ta, Sc, Cr, Zr, Mo, V, and Nb; and L represents a lanthanide element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu.
Claims12
A composition of matter selected from Mo2NdC2 and Mo2.5Nd0.5C2.
A method of producing a composition of matter selected from Mo2NdC2 and Mo2.5Nd0.5C2, the method comprising:
- preparing precursor MAX phase powder;
- etching the MAX phase powder to obtain multi-layered MXene powder;
- and
- delaminating the multi-layered MXene powder to obtain single-to-few-layered MXene flakes comprising the composition of matter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.