Preparation of Ti3AlC2 MAX-phase as a precursor material using industrial waste carbon flex for MXene synthesis.

MAX phase represents a new class of solids that combine some of the best attributes of metals and ceramics, exhibiting unusual, mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. Further Ti 3 AlC 2 MAX phase is exfoliated to create 2D nanosheet material called Ti 3 C 2 MXene and both have unmatched qualities for difficult and unusual applications. The Ti 3 AlC 2 MAX phase powder is the precursor material to synthesize the Ti 3 C 2 MXene nanosheets, but the cost effective synthesis of Ti 3 AlC 2 powder is still a challenging problem which ultimately decides the quality and cost of Ti 3 C 2 MXene. In this paper, we present the novel synthesis of Ti 3 AlC 2 MAX phase using carbon flex generated as an industrial waste from aluminum, Steel, and other metal industries in composites production. To the best of our knowledge we first time novely report the use of Industrial waste carbon flex as a base carbon material to partially replace commercial graphitic carbon powder in Ti 3 C 2 synthesis. The effect of adding carbon flexes precursor to synthesizing Ti 3 AlC 2 MAX phase solving many current challenges. In present work we comparatively report the physicochemical study of the MAX phase synthesized with three different carbon precursors to establish the role of industrial waste carbon flex in the quantitative growth of Ti 3 C 2 MXene as the final product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]