Recent progress in additive manufacturing of bulk MAX phase components: A review

Tan, Qiyang; Zhuang, Wyman; Attia, Marco; Djugum, Richard; Zhang, Mingxing

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2022.05.026

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“…A family of layered transition-metal carbides or/and nitrides, called MAX phases (short for M n +1 AX n and usually, n = 1, 2, or 3), where M is an early transition metal, A is often from groups 13–16, and X is C and/or N, − have raised much attention due to their intrinsically integrated metallic and ceramic properties, which endows them with potentials for multidisciplinary applications. − In addition, recently, there have been many studies on MAB, , a layered material similar to MAX phases. Moreover, the A-site atoms usually possess superior capacities for lithium storage, and the robust MAX matrix could enable a satisfactory cyclic life. − However, the conventional synthesis strategies often result in large particles, which leads to underutilization of active sites and poor electrical contact between particles, ultimately limiting its comprehensive electrochemical performance.…”

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Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Xie,

Zhang,

et al. 2023

ACS Appl. Nano Mater.

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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that balance cycling stability and specific capacity are crucial for the development of green energy systems. MAX phases, with high theoretical specific capacities and robust layered structures, have the potential to be excellent anode materials for LIBs. However, the large particle size of MAX phases makes the metallic atoms in them difficult to utilize, which results in poor specific capacities and long electrochemical activation cycles. Therefore, constructing nanosized MAX phases is an effective strategy to achieve a satisfactory electrochemical performance. Herein, for the first time, we obtain Cr 2 GaC nanoparticles (Cr 2 GaC NPs, ∼100 nm) in situ anchored on carbonaceous nanofibers (NanoMAX-CF for short) via electrospinning. The bottom-up synthesis process results in the uniform size of Cr 2 GaC particles and guarantees their homogeneous distribution within the carbonaceous nanofibers. The asprepared NanoMAX-CF composites not only exhibit high specific surface area and suitable pore distributions but also have great structural stability, resulting in superior rate capability (133 mA h g −1 at 10 A g −1 ) and excellent cyclic performance (534 mA h g −1 at 0.1 A g −1 after 300 cycles and 156.5 mA h g −1 at 10 A g −1 after 8000 cycles). This work paves the way to prepare nanosized MAX phases and provides perspectives to leverage MAX phases for lithium storage.

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Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Xie,

Zhang,

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ACS Appl. Nano Mater.

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“…In order to assess and analyze recent review articles in this area, a Scopus search was conducted in April 2023 for the specific time frame of 2018–2023. This search resulted in 165 review articles on ceramic additive manufacturing or some subset of that topic 1,3–166 . Figure 1 shows a graphical representation of the number of review articles separated into five focus areas.…”

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Future directions in ceramic additive manufacturing: Fiber reinforcements and artificial intelligence

Rueschhoff,

Baldwin,

Hardin

et al. 2023

J Am Ceram Soc.

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Research in the field of ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) has been rapidly accelerating, resulting in hundreds of publications and review articles in recent years. While strides have been made in forming near‐net and complex‐shaped ceramic components, challenges remain that inhibit more widespread implementation. In this perspective, we provide a meta‐analysis of recent review articles and highlight a deficiency in two areas of promising future directions to address remaining challenges. The first is incorporation of fiber reinforcements in printed parts to overcome the challenges of poor mechanical performance of monolithic ceramics. Recent work in the area has shown promise incorporating discrete fiber reinforcements as an easier use case given existing equipment limitations, but continuous fibers are needed to reach full toughness potential. Here, we overview some options and future directions bases on success in polymer composites. Second, artificial intelligence (AI) approaches, including machine learning (ML), are suggested in order to accelerate feedstock development and process optimization. While there has been very limited work to date in utilizing AI/ML techniques for ceramic AM, again inspiration and lessons learned are drawn from the polymer AM community.

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“…In addition, the layered structure of Ti 2 SnC also causes the material to have a self-lubricating effect similar to that of graphite materials. [10,11] Therefore, it is hoped that the Ti 2 SnC/Ag composite material can be fully studied to effectively control the MAX phase/Ag interface structure, achieve good interface bonding, and give full play to the advantages of the MAX phase to make the friction and wear resistance, arc erosion resistance and strength of the composite material achieve a good match. In metal matrix composites, the stability, bonding strength, and wettability of the interface play an important role in determining whether the matrix and the reinforcing phase in the interface structure can be perfectly combined and give full play to their respective advantages.…”

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The Electronic Structure and Stability of Ti₂SnC/Ag Interface Studied by First‐Principles Calculations

Nian,

Zhang,

Liu

et al. 2023

Advcd Theory and Sims

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In this paper, the electronic properties, the adhesive energy, and the interface energy of the MAX phase Ti2SnC(0001)/Ag(111) interface are systematically investigated using first principles based on density functional theory. Four different terminations of Ti2SnC(0001) are considered, and 16 different Ti2SnC(0001)/Ag(111) interface configurations are obtained by varying the stacking positions of the atoms. After calculating the electronic structure, adhesion work, and interface energy of these interface model interfaces with the same terminal but different atomic positions, it is found that the interface of the same terminal has a very limited effect on the interface bonding of the interface model by changing the stacking order of the interface atomic layer. By comparing the adhesion work and interface energy of 16 interface models, it is found that the HCP2 configuration of C‐Ti2SnC(0001)/Ag(111)interface structure has the highest adhesion work and the lowest interface energy. The larger the adhesion work is, the stronger the bonding between the interface atoms is. Meanwhile, the smaller the interface energy (positive value) is, the more stable the interface is. By calculating the electronic structure of the interface, the accuracy of the above results is further verified after analyzing the partial density of states (PDOS) and charge density difference of the interface.

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Recent progress in additive manufacturing of bulk MAX phase components: A review

Cited by 36 publications

References 160 publications

Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Future directions in ceramic additive manufacturing: Fiber reinforcements and artificial intelligence

The Electronic Structure and Stability of Ti₂SnC/Ag Interface Studied by First‐Principles Calculations

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Recent progress in additive manufacturing of bulk MAX phase components: A review

Cited by 36 publications

References 160 publications

Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr2GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr2GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Future directions in ceramic additive manufacturing: Fiber reinforcements and artificial intelligence

The Electronic Structure and Stability of Ti2SnC/Ag Interface Studied by First‐Principles Calculations

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Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

Fabrication of Nano-sized Cr₂GaC with a Bottom-Up Approach for Lithium Storage

The Electronic Structure and Stability of Ti₂SnC/Ag Interface Studied by First‐Principles Calculations