• Advances in nano research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2022

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides or "MXenes" belong to a diverse-class of layered compounds, which offer composition- and electric-field-tunable electrical and physical properties. Although the majority of the MXenes, including Ti₃C₂T_x, are metallic, they typically show semiconductor-like behaviour in their percolated thin-film structure; this is also the most common structure used for fundamental studies and prototype device development of MXene. Magnetoconductance studies of thin-film MXenes are central to understanding their electronic transport properties and charge carrier dynamics, and also to evaluate their potential for spin-tronics and magnetoelectronics. Since MXenes are produced through solution processing, it is desirable to develop deposition strategies such as inkjet-printing to enable scale-up production with intricate structures/networks. Here, we systematically investigate the extrinsic negative magnetoconductance of inkjetprinted Ti₃C₂T_x MXene thin-films and report a crossover from weak anti-localization (WAL) to weak localization (WL) near 2.5K. The crossover from WAL to WL is consistent with strong, extrinsic, spin-orbit coupling, a key property for active control of spin currents in spin-orbitronic devices. From WAL/WL magnetoconductance analysis, we estimate that the printed MXene thin-film has a spin orbit coupling field of up to 0.84 T at 1.9 K. Our results and analyses offer a deeper understanding into microscopic charge carrier transport in Ti₃C₂T_x, revealing promising properties for printed, flexible, electronic and spinorbitronic device applications.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2022

본 연구는 1차원의 Carbon nanotube (CNT)와 2차원의 MXene을 최적의 비율로 배합한 우수한 전기전도성과 발열특성을 가진 저차원 복합소재 기반 면상발열체를 제안한다. CNT와 MXene을 친환경 소재인 Waterborne polyurethane (WPU)과 배합하되, MXene과 CNT의 중량비율을 3:1, 1:1, 1:3, 1:7, 1:14로 다르게 적용하고 WPU는 동일한 비율로 적용하였다. 그 결과, CNT 비율이 높을수록 면저항이 낮아지고 발열온도가 높아지는 것을 확인하였다. MXene과 CNT를 1:7, 1:14로 배합하는 경우 CNT-WPU 면상발열체보다 더 낮은 면저항과 높은 발열온도를 보여주었다. 이는 1차원 CNT와 2차원 MXene의 최적 배합으로 고밀도 네트워크가 형성되어 평평한 표면이 형성되기 때문이다. 위 우수한 전기적 특성을 가진 저차원 복합소재는 플렉서블 소자에 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다.