{"title":"Ti3AlC2 single crystal growth via controlling horizontal temperature gradient","authors":"QingYu Zhang, YuKun Xiao, Mian Li, Qing Huang","doi":"10.1111/jace.20287","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Growth of single-crystal MAX phases is crucial for studying their intrinsic physical properties. Although Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> is one of the most popular MAX phases for the study of high-temperature structural materials as well as a precursor for MXene, the growth of Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> single crystals remains a challenge owing to the limited solubility of graphite in the Ti melt via the self-flux method. In this study, a horizontal temperature gradient was used to resolve the dissolution of graphite in the melt and its diffusion rate. Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> single crystals with an area of 9 mm<sup>2</sup> were successfully produced under horizontal temperature gradients. It was tentatively proposed that the crystallinity of Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub> single crystals could be reflected by the intensity ratio of the in-plane and <i>c</i>-axial phonon vibration modes in the Raman spectra of the MAX phase.</p>","PeriodicalId":200,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Ceramic Society","volume":"108 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the American Ceramic Society","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jace.20287","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Growth of single-crystal MAX phases is crucial for studying their intrinsic physical properties. Although Ti3AlC2 is one of the most popular MAX phases for the study of high-temperature structural materials as well as a precursor for MXene, the growth of Ti3AlC2 single crystals remains a challenge owing to the limited solubility of graphite in the Ti melt via the self-flux method. In this study, a horizontal temperature gradient was used to resolve the dissolution of graphite in the melt and its diffusion rate. Ti3AlC2 single crystals with an area of 9 mm2 were successfully produced under horizontal temperature gradients. It was tentatively proposed that the crystallinity of Ti3AlC2 single crystals could be reflected by the intensity ratio of the in-plane and c-axial phonon vibration modes in the Raman spectra of the MAX phase.
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