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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 53, Pages 33402-33407Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ra05856j
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFB0700505, 2016YFB0701401]
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Nb-C compounds are potential candidates to achieve high hardness and refractory nature. We performed a crystal structure search for the Nb-C system using an ab initio evolutionary algorithm implemented in the USPEX code. By comparing the formation enthalpy, a P-x phase diagram was calculated, and an orthorhombic Pnnm structure of Nb2C was predicted and denoted as Nb2C-I, which was both mechanically and dynamically stable. In this Pnnm phase, there are four-sided rings continuously along the c-axis, which probably contributes to the relatively high incompressibility of Nb2C-I along the crystallographic c-axis. Moreover, the hardness and Young's modulus were calculated to be 28.5 GPa and 448.9 GPa, respectively; hence, the Nb2C-I is considered as a potential ultra-stiff and hard material.
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