Journal article
Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics and Nonlinear Response of Few-Layer Niobium Carbide MXene
SMALL METHODS, v 4(8), 2000250
Aug 2020
Abstract
As one of the rising 2D materials, niobium-carbide (Nb2C, well-known as a member of MXene family) has attracted considerable attention owing to its unique physical and chemical properties. In this work, few-layer Nb2C nanosheets (NSs) with large (approximate to 255 nm) and small (approximate to 48 nm) lateral dimensions are obtained via a combination of selective etching and liquid cascade centrifugation. Their relaxation time and photophysics process are systematically investigated by transient absorption spectroscopy, and the size effect is demonstrated by phonon-bottleneck mechanism. Ultrafast fast relaxation time (37.43 fs) and slow relaxation time (0.5733 ps) are observed due to the symmetric structure and metallicity of Nb2C NSs. The nonlinear optical properties of Nb2C NSs are studied by Z-scan technique, and both saturable absorption and reverse-saturable absorption are observed. According to first principle calculations, these phenomena can be attributed to the special band structure of Nb2C near the Fermi level, where two-photon absorption or multiphoton absorption may occur under the irradiation of long wavelength light. These intriguing results suggest that few-layer Nb2C NSs can be used as building blocks for broadband ultrafast photonics and optoelectronic devices and also hold the potential for breakthrough developments in these fields.
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- Title
- Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics and Nonlinear Response of Few-Layer Niobium Carbide MXene
- Publication Details
- SMALL METHODS, v 4(8), 2000250
- Publisher
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH; WEINHEIM
- Grant note
- L.G. and H.C. contributed equally to this work. The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61805147, 61435010, 61675135, and 11764047), the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China (Grant No. 2018M643157), the Science and Technique Planning Project of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2016B050501005), the Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen (Grant Nos. JCYJ20180305125141661 and KQTD2015032416270385), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2020A1515011418), and the Science and Technology Development Fund (Grant Nos. 007/2017/A1 and 132/2017/A3), Macao SAR, China. The authors also acknowledge the support from Instrumental Analysis Center of Shenzhen University (Xili Campus).
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000531339600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85084433032
- Other Identifier
- 991021860778404721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology