Tailored boron‑nitrogen‑carbon 2D layers

The chemical composition and interaction strenght with the substrate of a 2D layer composed of C, B and N has been tuned by growing the heterostructure on different polycrystalline metals (Pt, Ni, Fe) at different temperatures. The layer grown on Pt has been transferred on a SiO2/Si substrate by a simple electrolytic delamination. S. Nappini et al. Applied Surface Science (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.01.274. Free access until April 17 2019: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1YdcccXa~sOQI

The chemical composition and interaction strenght with the substrate of a two-dimensional (2D) layer composed of C, B and N has been tuned by growing the heterostructure on different polycrystalline metals (Pt, Ni, Fe) at different temperatures (1000 K and 940 K) from a single molecular precursor (dimethylamino borane). At 1000 K the obtained 2D layers were heterostructures with complementary h-BN and graphene (G) domains on all the investigated metal foils, but with different interaction strenght for each substrate. At 940 K instead, layers with variable composition, ranging from almost pure G to almost pure h-BN, were obtained on the different foils.
The h-BN-G heterostructure grown on the Pt foil at 1000 K was transferred on a SiO2/Si substrate by a simple electrolytic delamination. Furthermore we have observed a preferential intercalation of atmospheric gases under h-BN rather than G for the h-BN-G heterostructure grown on Pt and stored in air before the delamination process. 
The samples have been grown and characterized at the CNR-IOM BACH beamline.
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Applied Surface Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.01.274

This work was supported by the Italian MIUR through the national grant Futuro in ricerca 2012 RBFR128BEC ‘‘Beyond graphene: tailored C-layers for novel catalytic materials and green chemistry’’

 

EUROFEL project (RoadMap Esfri) and “Progetto Premiale 2012”–Project ABNANOTECH. 

We are thankful to Dr. Alessia Matruglio and Dr. Tevfik Onur Menteş for constructive feedback on the work and valuable advice on 2D material transfer procedures. The technical support of Federico Salvador and Paolo Bertoch is also kindly acknowledged.

Chemical composition and interaction strength of two-dimensional boron‑nitrogen‑carbon heterostructures driven by polycrystalline metallic surfaces 

Silvia Nappini, Federica Bondino, Igor Píš, Raffaele Chelleri, Silvio Luciano Greco, Marco Lazzarino, Elena Magnano
 
 
 
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