Designing MBenes for Energy ApplicationsConsidering the recent breakthroughs in the synthesis of novel two-dimensional (2D) materials from layered bulk structures, ternary layered transition metal borides, known as MAB phases, have come under scrutiny as a means of obtaining novel 2D transition metal borides, the so-called Mbenes. Such materials are ternary borides comprising stacked M–B layers (M = transition metal, B = boron) interleaved by monolayers of A atoms. Research is focused on studying the phase stability and the magnetic properties of the MAB compounds to identify possible candidates for permanent magnets and magnetocaloric materials. Particular attention is given to the M2AlB2 (T=Fe,Ni,Co) and MFeB (M=Nb, Ta, Mo, W) alloys.
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