Structure, Properties and Applications of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Authors

Soumyabrata Roy
Xiang Zhang
Anand B, Puthirath
Ashokkumar Meiyazhagan
Sohini Bhattacharyya
Muhammad M. Rahman
Ganguli Babu
Sandhya Susarla
Sreehari K. Saju
Jaime Taha-Tijerina, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-24-2021

Abstract

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has emerged as a strong candidate for two-dimensional (2D) material owing to its exciting optoelectrical properties combined with mechanical robustness, thermal stability, and chemical inertness. Super-thin h-BN layers have gained significant attention from the scientific community for many applications, including nanoelectronics, photonics, biomedical, anti-corrosion, and catalysis, among others. This review provides a systematic elaboration of the structural, electrical, mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of h-BN followed by a comprehensive account of state-of-the-art synthesis strategies for 2D h-BN, including chemical exfoliation, chemical, and physical vapor deposition, and other methods that have been successfully developed in recent years. It further elaborates a wide variety of processing routes developed for doping, substitution, functionalization, and combination with other materials to form heterostructures. Based on the extraordinary properties and thermal-mechanical-chemical stability of 2D h-BN, various potential applications of these structures are described.

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Roy, S., Zhang, X., Puthirath, A. B., Meiyazhagan, A., Bhattacharyya, S., Rahman, M. M., Babu, G., Susarla, S., Saju, S. K., Tran, M. K., Sassi, L. M., Saadi, M. A. S. R., Lai, J., Sahin, O., Sajadi, S. M., Dharmarajan, B., Salpekar, D., Chakingal, N., Baburaj, A., Shuai, X., Adumbumkulath, A., Miller, K. A., Gayle, J. M., Ajnsztajn, A., Prasankumar, T., Harikrishnan, V. V. J., Ojha, V., Kannan, H., Khater, A. Z., Zhu, Z., Iyengar, S. A., Autreto, P. A. d. S., Oliveira, E. F., Gao, G., Birdwell, A. G., Neupane, M. R., Ivanov, T. G., Taha-Tijerina, J., Yadav, R. M., Arepalli, S., Vajtai, R., Ajayan, P. M., Structure, Properties and Applications of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Adv. Mater. 2021, 2101589. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101589

Publication Title

Adv. Mater.

DOI

10.1002/adma.202101589