Section snippets CVD processing conditions and materials studied. The boron nitride coatings were deposited in a hot-wall low-pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD) reactor from the (BCl 3, NH 3, H 2) gas system.Because of the high reactivity of BCl 3, the temperature and the pressure were chosen relatively low and …
N2 - Amino functionalized boron nitride nanosheets (FBN) were incorporated into a crosslinked, thermally rearranged polyimide (XTR) to fabricate FBN-XTR nanocomposite membrane. The FBN-XTR membrane exhibited a small decrease in H2 permeability but demonstrated a remarkably increased H2 gas selectivity over other gases, compared …
In the world of photocatalytic hydrogen (H 2) evolution two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have attracted widespread attention owing to their high surface area, abundant active sites, and excellent photogenerated charge separation properties.In the present work, CdSe QDs coupled with different weight percent of ultra-thin layered …
BNs have recently been identified in natural minerals and a variety of various forms, including graphite-like helical boron nitride (g-BN or h-BN), cubic boron nitride (c-BN), wurtzite boron nitride (w-BN), and amorphous boron nitride (a-BN). Among them, h-BN is the most commonly used crystal structure of BNs [65]. As a result, several ...
1. Introduction. Two dimensional (2D) materials including graphene, MoS 2, g-C 3 N 4, and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) attract considerable interests in photocatalytic H 2 evolution due to their unique structural and electronic properties. Compared with the first three 2D materials, h-BN has received little attention in the past, …
The boron nitride layers were grown on 2 in. sapphire substrates (c-plane) by metal–organic vapor-phase epitaxy (MOVPE) using an Aixtron CCS 3 × 2 in. reactor equipped with an ARGUS Thermal Mapping System to directly control the substrate temperature. ... In all cases, the H2 yield increases when the pore size decreases and …
Hydrogenated Heterojunction of Boron Nitride and Titania, disorder-engineered black H-TiO 2 @BN with Ti-B chemically bonded interfaces was synthesized by employing BN nanosheets as the photocatalyst support. The hybridization of TiO 2 with BN and the hydrogenated thermal treatment work synergistically to enable the photocatalytic …
Using first-principles calculations, we report on the structural and electronic properties of bilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), incorporating hydrogen (H 2) molecules inside …
Highly transparent and stoichiometric boron nitride (BN) films were deposited on both electrodes (anode and cathode) of a radio-frequency parallel-plate plasma reactor by the glow discharge decomposition of two gas mixtures: B 2 H 6 –H 2 –NH 3 and B 2 H 6 –N 2. The chemical, optical, and structural properties of the films, as well as their stability …
The boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) were synthesized through a facile hydrothermal procedure [41]. In detail, 0.100 g of boric acid was dissolved in 10 mL of deionized water, and then 0.034 g of melamine was added to the boric acid solution under stirring. After stirring for 20 min, the suspension was transferred into a 25 mL Teflon-lined ...
Boron nitride coatings, processed from the (BCl3, Structures of the studied coatings were compared with NH3, H2) gas system in standard CVD/CVI conditions those of commercial boron nitrides supplied by (i.e. low temperature and pressure), are not stable in air Advanced Ceramics and Aldrich.
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and diamond are promising materials for next-generation electronics and optoelectronics. However, their combination is rarely reported. ... band alignment with a bandgap of 5.9 eV assumed for hBN. Furthermore, prior thermal cleaning of diamond in a pure H2 atmosphere smoothens the surface for well-ordered layered ...
The hydroxylated boron nitride (HBN) was prepared from the bulk BN through simple liquid exfoliation and hydroxylation, which yielded the few-layered sheets. The direct inclusion of HBN into the PSPES will be anchoring or filling on the microporous channels of the membrane, yielding outstanding stability with HBN retention ability and …
Through recent interest in supports with few defects, boron nitride (BN) has emerged as a new type of carbon-resistant support [25], [26]. ... Resolving the Reaction Mechanism for H2 Formation from High-Temperature Water-Gas Shift by Chromium-Iron Oxide Catalysts. ACS Catal, 6 (2016), pp. 2827-2830. CrossRef View in Scopus Google Scholar
As a novel ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has a two-dimensional (2D) layered honeycomb structure and attracted enormous attentions 1.Due to its extraordinary ...
In this study, we report a rational strategy that can realize atomically dispersed Ni atoms anchored on vacancy-abundant boron nitride nanosheets (Ni 1 / h …
The desorption temperature to remove the adsorbed H2 molecules from the surface of the h-BN bilayer system in the absence of an external electric field is found to be ∼176 K. ... {Enhanced H2 Storage Capacity of Bilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) Incorporating van der Waals Interaction under an Applied External Electric Field}, …
BN has been considered mainly for the storage of molecular hydrogen H2 by physisorption and/or chemisorption over a wide range of temperatures, i.e. between ‐196°C and 300°C. ... Boron nitride ...
Boron nitride (BN) coatings were prepared using BCl3-NH3-H2-N2 precursor system by chemical vapor deposition process in a vertically-placed hot wall reactor. The effect of processing parameters on ...
Synthesis of boron nitride coating Boron trichloride (BCl 3 ≥ 99.99 vol%) and ammonia (NH 3 ≥ 99.99 vol%) were respectively used as boron and nitrogen …
The electrical properties of BCNNS can potentially be tailored based on the atomic ratio of boron and nitrogen to carbon, and can result in various band-gap energies ranging from ∼0 eV for pure defect-free graphene nanoflakes (GNF) to 5.5 eV for pure boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS) [7, 8]. In general, the addition of electron-deficient …
Exploring the structural, electronic, and hydrogen storage properties of hexagonal boron nitride and carbon nanotubes: insights from single-walled to doped …
Pyrolytic boron nitride, a rather anisotropic material among the III-V compounds, has been investigated in reflection and transmission, using polarized infrared radiation in the spectral range ...
Highly transparent and stoichiometric boron nitride (BN) films were deposited on both electrodes (anode and cathode) of a radio-frequency parallel-plate plasma reactor by the glow discharge decomposition of two gas mixtures: B2H6–H2–NH3 and B2H6–N2. The chemical, optical, and structural properties of the films, as well as their stability under …
Exploiting inexpensive and effective nickel-based catalysts that produce hydrogen from liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) is crucial to alleviating the global energy and environmental crisis. In this study, we report a rational strategy that can realize atomically dispersed Ni atoms anchored on vacancy-abundant boron nitride …
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) interfacial coatings were prepared by chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) process from BCl 3 –NH 3 –H 2 system with different hydrogen contents for improving the toughness of ceramic matrix composites. In this study, the yield of BN was found to be 94.90% without hydrogen present in the reactant system …
Boron nitride (BN) thin films deposited by isopressure and isothermal chemical vapour infiltration (ICVI) from BCl3-NH3-N2 mixtures have been characterized from a physicochemical point of view as functions of both the deposition conditions and the destabilizing action of moisture. As-deposited (deposited at 773 K and post-treated at …
Developing robust, multifunctional photocatalysts that can facilitate both hydrogen evolution via photoreforming of water and gas phase CO2 photoreduction is highly desirable with the long-term vision of integrated photocatalytic setups. Here, we present a new addition to the boron nitride (BN) photocatalyst material platform, boron-doped …
Using first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations, we theoretically explored the potential applications of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) for H2/CH4 separation.
A DFT study of H 2 adsorption on lithium decorated 3D hybrid Boron-Nitride-Carbon frameworks. Author links open overlay panel Lan Bi, Jie Yin, Xin Huang, Yunhui Wang, Zhihong Yang. Show more. Add to Mendeley. ... Theoretical study of H2 adsorption on metal-doped graphene sheets with nitrogen-substituted defects. Int J Hydrogen …
Boron nitride (BN) was synthesized from BCl3/NH3/H2 precursor mixtures via chemical vapor deposition, with a focus on the influence of the total partial pressure of BCl3, NH3, and H2 (pBCl3+NH3+H2 ...
1 ! Water-stable boron-doped boron nitride photocatalyst for visible light-driven H 2 evolution and CO 2 photoreduction Ravi B. Shankara, Daphné Lubert-Perquelb,†, Elan Mistryc, Irena Nevjestic,b Sandrine Heutzb and Camille Petita* aBarrer Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, …
boron in the presence of the as-synthesized BNO under an inert nitrogen atmosphere at elevated temperatures (>1300 °C) for prolonged time periods. Synthesis of boron-doped boron oxynitride (B-BNO). The first step involves the bottom-up synthesis of oxygen-doped boron nitride (BNO) based on the procedure of Weng et al.43 In
Atomic-level boron carbon nitride nanosheets (BCNNS) have been prepared by a molten salt assisted assembly growth strategy, which effectively promotes the solvation of precursors, minimizes the surface energy and prevents the aggregation of layers. The as-synthesized BCNNS have atomic layered thickness and l Chemical …
The boron nitride coatings were deposited in a hot-wall low-pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD) reactor from the (BCl 3, NH 3, H 2) gas system.Because of the high reactivity of BCl 3, the temperature and the pressure were chosen relatively low and maintained constant.The inlet composition of the gas phase is defined from the gas …
Using first-principles calculations, we report on the structural and electronic properties of bilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), incorporating hydrogen (H2) molecules inside the cavity for potential H2-storage applications. Decrease in binding energies and desorption temperatures with an accompanying increase in the weight percentage (upto 4%) by …
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a burgeoning catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) with impressive light olefins selectivity, which deserves further study to optimize the heat and mass transfer process with the aim of promoting the potential industrial application since ODHP is a highly exothermic process.
This study reports the synthesis of a highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and H 2 O 2 production by manipulating the electronic band structure and surface properties of g-C 3 N 4.Boron and caesium co-doped g-C 3 N 4 porous and wrinkled nanosheets were nobly synthesized by using recrystallization of …
PO Box 2.1755 ZG Petten, Netherlands Abstract Boron nitride coatings have been synthesised by plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition (PACVD) from a BCI3/N2/H2/Ar gas mixture in a hot wall capacitively coupled r.f. (13.56 MHz) system. The influence of the gas composition has been investigated in terms of the nature of active …
The effect of deposition temperature on deposition kinetics and mechanism of silicon boron nitride (SiBN) coating was investigated from SiCl 4 –BCl 3 –NH 3 –H 2 –Ar mixture using low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD). Results showed that the deposition rates increased from 700 °C to 1030 °C, and then decreased …