The invention belongs to the technical field of inorganic non-
metallic materials, and particularly relates to an A-site
silicon-containing MAX-phase layered material and a preparation method and application thereof, the molecular formula of the MAX-phase layered material is Mn + 1AXn, M is one or more of IIIB, IVB, VB or VIB group elements; a is a
silicon element or an
alloy formed by
silicon and other main group elements or subgroup elements in any proportion; x is one or more of carbon,
nitrogen and
boron; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; the preparation method comprises a
gas phase reaction method or a
solid phase reaction method, for example, taking an MAX phase precursor and a silicon-containing substance as raw materials, reacting at a specific temperature and
atmosphere, and washing and
drying to obtain a target product. The method is easy and convenient to operate and wide in applicability, and controllable preparation of the A-site silicon-containing MAX phase with the M site being a non-
titanium element is achieved for the first time. According to the invention, the
material system of the Si-MAX phase is obviously expanded, and the problems that the original Si-MAX phase is limited in variety and the M-site element type is limited are solved.