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Magnetic Properties and Microstructures of Fe-Doped (Ti1-xFex)3AlC2 MAX Phase and Their MXene Derivatives

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The effects of Fe substitution for Ti on the structural and magnetic properties of the (Ti1-xFex)3AlC2(x = 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075) MAX phases have been studied. The Fe substitution leads into the expansion along c-axis but shrinkage within ab-plane of the hexagonal unit cell and also the ferromagnetic state at low temperature. The Curie temperature is increased with more Fe substitution. After exfoliation and delamination, their (Ti1-xFex)3C2Tδ 2D MXenes counterparts are obtained with paramagnetic state, which is due to the broken exchange coupling along c-axis resulting from the etching away of Al layer. The best electromagnetic interference properties of − 30 dB within a wide range of frequency with 5.8–26.5 GHz can be achieved in (Ti0.975Fe0.025)3C2Tδ free-standing “paper” made of the corresponding MXene by vacuum-infiltration.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61901440, 51971056), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. N2009001, N2009002, and N2002005), joint funding between Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals (Grant No. 18LHPY014), the open fundings of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU (Grant No. SKLSP201803), the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metals and Materials (Grant No.2019-ZD07) and State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Grant No. 20202206), the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Provence (Grant No. 20180510003), and Liaoning Revitalization Talent Program (Grant No. XLYC1907175). Prof. Dr. Jiamin Chen would also appreciate the supports from the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 4202080) and One Hundred Person Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Shengyu Sun, Yinde Yu, Shuli Sun & Weibin Cui

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

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  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China

    Tijun Chen

  4. State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology (North base), Institute of Electronics, CAS, Beijing, 100190, China

    Jiamin Chen

  5. Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd, Fujian, 366309, China

    Yongjian Zhang

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Sun, S., Yu, Y., Sun, S. et al. Magnetic Properties and Microstructures of Fe-Doped (Ti1-xFex)3AlC2 MAX Phase and Their MXene Derivatives. J Supercond Nov Magn 34, 1477–1483 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05718-5

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