Improving Formation Conditions and Properties of hBN Nanosheets Through BaF2-assisted Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) Technique
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedure
2.2. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural and Electronic Properties
3.1.1. Powder XRD Analysis
3.1.2. XPS Analysis
3.1.3. Raman and FT-IR Analysis
3.1.4. Thermal Stability Investigation
3.1.5. Surface Area Determination
3.2. Morphological Analysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviation
PDCs | polymer derived ceramics |
hBN | hexagonal boron nitride |
wt% | weight percentage |
Li3N | lithium nitride |
BaF2 | barium fluoride |
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Amount of BaF2 (wt%) | Graphitization Index (GI) | d002-spacing (Å) | Position (2θ) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(002) | (100) | (101) | |||
0 | - | 3.32 | 26.5 | - | - |
2.5 | - | 3.34 | 26.6 | - | - |
5 | 3.83 | 3.33 | 26.7 | 41.57 | 43.83 |
10 | 1.88 | 3.34 | 26.8 | 41.56 | 43.81 |
hBNcomm | 1.19 | 3.33 | 26.7 | 41.60 | 43.83 |
Elements (at%) | B/N Ratio | |||||
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Amount of BaF2 (wt%) | B | N | O | Li | Ba | |
0 | 50.3 | 31.1 | 13.8 | 4.8 | - | 1.62 |
2.5 | 52.3 | 31.9 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 1.64 |
5 | 56.9 | 36.3 | 5.8 | 1.0 | - | 1.57 |
10 | 57.3 | 38.1 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.50 |
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Matsoso, B.J.; Vuillet-a-Ciles, V.; Bois, L.; Toury, B.; Journet, C. Improving Formation Conditions and Properties of hBN Nanosheets Through BaF2-assisted Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) Technique. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030443
Matsoso BJ, Vuillet-a-Ciles V, Bois L, Toury B, Journet C. Improving Formation Conditions and Properties of hBN Nanosheets Through BaF2-assisted Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) Technique. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(3):443. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030443
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatsoso, Boitumelo J., Victor Vuillet-a-Ciles, Laurence Bois, Bérangère Toury, and Catherine Journet. 2020. "Improving Formation Conditions and Properties of hBN Nanosheets Through BaF2-assisted Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) Technique" Nanomaterials 10, no. 3: 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030443