Stable synthesis of few-layered boron nitride nanotubes by anodic arc discharge
Abstract
Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) were successfully synthesized by a dc arc discharge using a boron-rich anode as synthesis feedstock in a nitrogen gas environment at near atmospheric pressure. The synthesis was achieved independent of the cathode material suggesting that under such conditions the arc operates in so-called anodic mode with the anode material being consumed by evaporation due to the arc heating. In order to sustain the arc current by thermionic electron emission, the cathode has to be at sufficiently high temperature, which for a typical arc current density of similar to 100 A/cm2, is above the boron melting point (2350 K). With both electrodes made from the same boron-rich alloy, we found that the arc operation unstable due to frequent sticking between two molten electrodes and formation of molten droplets. We achieved a stable and reliable arc operation and arc synthesis with the boronrich anode and the cathode made from a refractory metal which has a melting temperature above the melting point of boron. Ex-situ characterization of synthesized BNNTs with electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy revealed that independent of the cathode material, the tubes are primarily single and double walled. Our results also show evidence of root-growth of BNNTsmore »
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Princeton Inst. for Science and Technology of Materials
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Princeton Inst. for Science and Technology of Materials
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- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1364993
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; chemistry; synthesis and processing
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Yeh, Yao-Wen, Raitses, Yevgeny, Koel, Bruce E., and Yao, Nan. Stable synthesis of few-layered boron nitride nanotubes by anodic arc discharge. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03438-w.
Yeh, Yao-Wen, Raitses, Yevgeny, Koel, Bruce E., & Yao, Nan. Stable synthesis of few-layered boron nitride nanotubes by anodic arc discharge. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03438-w
Yeh, Yao-Wen, Raitses, Yevgeny, Koel, Bruce E., and Yao, Nan. Thu .
"Stable synthesis of few-layered boron nitride nanotubes by anodic arc discharge". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03438-w. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364993.
@article{osti_1364993,
title = {Stable synthesis of few-layered boron nitride nanotubes by anodic arc discharge},
author = {Yeh, Yao-Wen and Raitses, Yevgeny and Koel, Bruce E. and Yao, Nan},
abstractNote = {Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) were successfully synthesized by a dc arc discharge using a boron-rich anode as synthesis feedstock in a nitrogen gas environment at near atmospheric pressure. The synthesis was achieved independent of the cathode material suggesting that under such conditions the arc operates in so-called anodic mode with the anode material being consumed by evaporation due to the arc heating. In order to sustain the arc current by thermionic electron emission, the cathode has to be at sufficiently high temperature, which for a typical arc current density of similar to 100 A/cm2, is above the boron melting point (2350 K). With both electrodes made from the same boron-rich alloy, we found that the arc operation unstable due to frequent sticking between two molten electrodes and formation of molten droplets. We achieved a stable and reliable arc operation and arc synthesis with the boronrich anode and the cathode made from a refractory metal which has a melting temperature above the melting point of boron. Ex-situ characterization of synthesized BNNTs with electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy revealed that independent of the cathode material, the tubes are primarily single and double walled. Our results also show evidence of root-growth of BNNTs produced in the arc discharge.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-03438-w},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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