Confinement of quasi-atomic structures in Ti$_2$N and Ti$_3$N$_2$ MXene Electrides

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Auteurs principaux: Adhikari, Chandra M., Thapa, Dinesh, Alexander, Talon D., Addaman, Christopher K., Han, Shubo, Bastakoti, Bishnu P., Autrey, Daniel E., Kilina, Svetlana, Rai, Binod K., Gautam, Bhoj R.
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author Adhikari, Chandra M.
Thapa, Dinesh
Alexander, Talon D.
Addaman, Christopher K.
Han, Shubo
Bastakoti, Bishnu P.
Autrey, Daniel E.
Kilina, Svetlana
Rai, Binod K.
Gautam, Bhoj R.
author_facet Adhikari, Chandra M.
Thapa, Dinesh
Alexander, Talon D.
Addaman, Christopher K.
Han, Shubo
Bastakoti, Bishnu P.
Autrey, Daniel E.
Kilina, Svetlana
Rai, Binod K.
Gautam, Bhoj R.
contents Metal carbides, nitrides, or carbonitrides of early transition metals, better known as MXenes, possess notable structural, electrical, and magnetic properties. Analyzing electronic structures by calculating structural stability, band structure, density of states, Bader charge transfer, and work functions utilizing first principle calculations, we revealed that titanium nitride Mxenes, namely Ti$_2$N and Ti$_3$N$_2$, have excess anionic electrons in their pseudo-atomic structure inside the crystal lattice, making them MXene electrides. Bulk Ti$_3$N$_2$ has competing antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic(FM) configurations with slightly more stable AFM configurations, while the Ti$_2$N MXene is nonmagnetic. Although Ti$_3$N$_2$ favors AFM configurations with hexagonal crystal systems having $6/mmm$ point group symmetry, Ti$_3$N$_2$ does not support altermagnetism. The monolayer of the Ti$_3$N$_2$ MXene is a ferromagnetic electride. These unique properties of having non-nuclear interstitial anionic electrons in the electronic structure of titanium nitride MXene have not yet been reported in the literature. Density functional theory calculations show TiN is neither an electride, MXene, or magnetic.
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spellingShingle Confinement of quasi-atomic structures in Ti$_2$N and Ti$_3$N$_2$ MXene Electrides
Adhikari, Chandra M.
Thapa, Dinesh
Alexander, Talon D.
Addaman, Christopher K.
Han, Shubo
Bastakoti, Bishnu P.
Autrey, Daniel E.
Kilina, Svetlana
Rai, Binod K.
Gautam, Bhoj R.
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Metal carbides, nitrides, or carbonitrides of early transition metals, better known as MXenes, possess notable structural, electrical, and magnetic properties. Analyzing electronic structures by calculating structural stability, band structure, density of states, Bader charge transfer, and work functions utilizing first principle calculations, we revealed that titanium nitride Mxenes, namely Ti$_2$N and Ti$_3$N$_2$, have excess anionic electrons in their pseudo-atomic structure inside the crystal lattice, making them MXene electrides. Bulk Ti$_3$N$_2$ has competing antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic(FM) configurations with slightly more stable AFM configurations, while the Ti$_2$N MXene is nonmagnetic. Although Ti$_3$N$_2$ favors AFM configurations with hexagonal crystal systems having $6/mmm$ point group symmetry, Ti$_3$N$_2$ does not support altermagnetism. The monolayer of the Ti$_3$N$_2$ MXene is a ferromagnetic electride. These unique properties of having non-nuclear interstitial anionic electrons in the electronic structure of titanium nitride MXene have not yet been reported in the literature. Density functional theory calculations show TiN is neither an electride, MXene, or magnetic.
title Confinement of quasi-atomic structures in Ti$_2$N and Ti$_3$N$_2$ MXene Electrides
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00897