Surface Functionalization of 2D MXenes: Trends in Distribution, Composition, and Electronic Properties
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2021-03-11
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8
2377-2384
2377-2384
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Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Volume 12, issue 9
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Using a multiscale computational scheme, we study the trends in distribution and composition of the surface functional groups -O, -OH, and -F on two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes). We consider Ti2N, Ti4N3, Nb2C, Nb4C3, Ti2C, and Ti3C2 to explore MXenes with different chemistry and different number of atomic layers. Using a combination of cluster expansion, Monte Carlo, and density functional theory methods, we study the distribution and composition of functional groups at experimentally relevant conditions. We show that mixtures of functional groups are favorable on all studied MXene surfaces. The distribution of functional groups appears to be largely independent of the type of metal, carbon, or nitrogen species and/or number of atomic layers in the MXene. We further show that some properties (e.g., the work function) strongly depend on the surface composition, while others, for example, the electric conductivity, exhibit only a weak dependence.Description
Funding Information: We acknowledge funding from the Academy of Finland under Project No. 311058. We gratefully acknowledge CSC–IT Center for Science, Finland, and the Aalto Science-IT project for generous computational resources. We also thank HPC-EUROPA3 (INFRAIA-2016-1-730897) and the EC Research Innovation Action under the H2020 Programme. In particular, we acknowledge the computer resources and technical support provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at PDC partially funded by the Swedish Research Council through Grant Agreement No. 2018-05973. Publisher Copyright: © Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Ibragimova, R, Erhart, P, Rinke, P & Komsa, H P 2021, ' Surface Functionalization of 2D MXenes : Trends in Distribution, Composition, and Electronic Properties ', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 2377-2384 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03710