Tailoring MAX Phase Magnetic Property Based on M-site and A-site Double Solid Solution

Xiao ZHANG; Youbing LI; Ke CHEN; Haoming DING; Lu CHEN; Mian LI; Rongrong SHI; Zhifang CHAI; Qing HUANG

doi:10.15541/jim20210126

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Journal of Inorganic Materials
Vol. 36, Issue 12, 1247 (2021)

Tailoring MAX Phase Magnetic Property Based on M-site and A-site Double Solid Solution

Xiao ZHANG^*, Youbing LI, Ke CHEN, Haoming DING, Lu CHEN, Mian LI, Rongrong SHI, Zhifang CHAI, and Qing HUANG

DOI: 10.15541/jim20210126 Cite this Article

Xiao ZHANG, Youbing LI, Ke CHEN, Haoming DING, Lu CHEN, Mian LI, Rongrong SHI, Zhifang CHAI, Qing HUANG. Tailoring MAX Phase Magnetic Property Based on M-site and A-site Double Solid Solution[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(12): 1247 Copy Citation Text

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Characterization results of (V, Nb)2(Sn, Fe)C after acid treatment

. Characterization results of (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Fe)C after acid treatment

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XRD patterns of (a) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Co)C, (c) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Ni)C, and (e) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Mn)C after acid treatment; SEM-EDS elemental mappings of (b) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Co)C, (d) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Ni)C, and (f) (V, Nb)2(Sn, Mn)C after acid treatment

. XRD patterns of (a) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Co)C, (c) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Ni)C, and (e) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Mn)C after acid treatment; SEM-EDS elemental mappings of (b) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Co)C, (d) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Ni)C, and (f) (V, Nb)₂(Sn, Mn)C after acid treatment

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. Temperature dependent magnetization M-T curves for (a) V₂(Sn, A)C and (b) V₂(Sn, A)C (A = Fe, Co, Ni and Mn) at 0.1 T in the range of 2-100 K

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. Magnetic hysteresis loops of V₂(Sn, A)C and V₂(Sn, A)C (A=Fe, Co, Ni and Mn) at different temperatures in the range from -1 to 1 T, respectively

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MAX phase	Lattice parameter			Element percentage/%				Nb element in M site/%	Magnetic element in A site/%
MAX phase	a/nm	c/nm	c/a	V	Nb	Sn	A	Nb element in M site/%	Magnetic element in A site/%
V₂(Sn, Fe)C^[23]	0.2984	1.3345	4.4718	66.84	-	22.05	11.11	-	33.50
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Fe)C	0.3014	1.3447	4.4622	54.32	13.38	25.03	7.27	19.76	22.51
V₂(Sn, Co)C^[23]	0.2989	1.3409	4.4864	66.36	-	22.44	11.19	-	33.28
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Co)C	0.3016	1.3419	4.4493	56.41	11.23	24.60	7.76	16.60	23.98
V₂(Sn, Ni)C^[23]	0.2985	1.3357	4.4751	67.47	-	24.36	8.16	-	25.10
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Ni)C	0.3021	1.3413	4.4402	56.87	13.00	21.66	8.47	18.61	28.10
V₂(Sn, Mn)C^[23]	0.2982	1.3403	4.4941	66.19	-	23.07	10.74	-	31.76
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Mn)C	0.3026	1.3509	4.4646	57.10	10.84	23.50	8.56	15.96	26.70

Table 1. Lattice parameters and atomic percentage of element in MAX phases

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MAX phase	T_C	2 K			20 K			40 K
MAX phase	T_C	H_c	M_r	M_s	H_c	M_r	M_s	H_c	M_r	M_s
V₂(Sn, Fe)C	63	458	0.59	1.73	305	0.42	1.53	152	0.18	1.08
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Fe)C	63	238	0.48	1.79	174	0.37	1.67	73	0.14	1.24
V₂(Sn, Co)C	66	314	0.34	1.19	224	0.26	1.05	113	0.12	0.79
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Co)C	53	378	0.49	1.11	240	0.33	1.00	134	0.17	0.71
V₂(Sn, Ni)C	60	276	0.30	1.54	191	0.23	1.42	94	0.10	1.12
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Ni)C	53	140	0.29	2.07	96	0.19	1.83	45	0.07	1.34
V₂(Sn, Mn)C	56	780	0.26	0.98	545	0.21	0.84	206	0.07	0.63
(V, Nb)₂(Sn, Mn)C	57	117	0.06	0.97	75	0.04	0.90	32	0.01	0.67

Table 2. Magnetic parameters of V₂(Sn, A)C and (V, Nb)₂(Sn, A)C (A = Fe, Co, Ni and Mn)

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