925195
Niobium Aluminum Carbide MAX phase
Nb2AlC
Synonym(s):
MAX phase 211, Nb2AlC MAX, Niobium aluminium carbide
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
Nb2AlC
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
224.81
UNSPSC Code:
12352311
NACRES:
NA.23
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Application
Nb2AlC MAX phase is the precursor to revolutionary Nb2CTx MXene applications.
- Technical Prowess: Electrical Conductivity: Nb2AlC serves as the precursor for Nb2CTx MXene, showcasing remarkable electrical conductivity of 3.5 × 10^4 S/cm.
- Thermal Conductivity: A thermal conductivity of 37.8 W/m·K ensures efficient heat dissipation, crucial for various engineering applications.
- Hardness: With a Vickers hardness of approximately 14.3 GPa, Nb2AlC promises durability and resistance to wear.
- Temperature Stability: Operating at temperatures exceeding 1000°C, Nb2AlC finds applications in high-temperature environments like thermal barriers and heat exchangers.
- Energy Storage: Offers high cycling rates (10C) for Li-ion and rechargeable non-lithium-ion (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Al3+) batteries and supercapacitors.
- Biomedical Sensing: Enables advanced biomedical sensing including drug delivery and selective analyte detection.
- Photothermal Catalysis: Utilizes photothermal conversion for CO2 conversion and cancer cell ablation.
- Superconducting behavior with an onset transition temperature of 12.5 K.
- Remarkable specific capacity and cycling stability, ideal for LIBs and Na+ ion batteries.
- Multimodal functions in biomedical implants, including antibacterial properties and tissue regeneration.
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
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Kent J Griffith et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(44), 18924-18935 (2020-10-24)
MXenes, derived from layered MAX phases, are a class of two-dimensional materials with emerging applications in energy storage, electronics, catalysis, and other fields due to their high surface areas, metallic conductivity, biocompatibility, and attractive optoelectronic properties. MXene properties are heavily
Recent advances in niobium MXenes: Synthesis, properties, and emerging applications
Rasheed, P. Abdul et. al
Matter, 5(2), 546-572 (2022)
Yiduo Wang et al.
ACS nano, 14(8), 10492-10502 (2020-07-21)
Exploring the nonlinear photonics of emerging promising two-dimensional (2D) materials like MXenes will boost the development of broad-band optoelectronic and photonic applications. In this paper, the broad-band nonlinear optical response and the excited-carrier dynamics of an emerging MXene, Nb2C, are
Lingfeng Gao et al.
ACS nano, 15(1), 954-965 (2021-01-23)
Although the physicochemical properties of niobium carbide (Nb2C) have been widely investigated, their exploration in the field of photoelectronics is still at the infancy stage with many potential applications that remain to be exploited. Hence, it is demonstrated here that
Xiangyi Ren et al.
ACS nano, 13(6), 6438-6454 (2019-06-11)
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