Large-quantity production of high-yield boron nitride nanotubes

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1896-1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Chen ◽  
M. Conway ◽  
J. S. Williams ◽  
J. Zou

A high quantity and yield (up to 85%) of boron nitride (BN) nanotubes have been produced using a mechanothermal method. Elemental boron powders were first mechanically milled at room temperature in NH3 atmosphere and subsequently heated in N2 gas at 1200 °C for up to 16 h. The BN nanotubes obtained have either multiwalled cylindrical or bamboolike structures, suggesting different growth processes. The high formation yield of BN nanotubes is due to a high density of nanostructured nuclei created by an extensive milling treatment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
pp. 03027
Author(s):  
Yanjiao Li ◽  
Jianfeng Guo ◽  
Xinfeng Wang ◽  
Han Wang ◽  
Xuan He

In order to improve the yield of BN nanotubes prepared by ball milling annealing method, a small amount of magnesium was used as catalyst to synthesized boron nitride nanotubes. The results showed that boron nitride nanotubes with high yield, high purity and uniform size were synthesized. The morphology of the synthesized BNNTs is bamboo-like and cylinder-shaped. The diameter of them is about 50 to 150 nm and most of them are 100nm. The length of them is dozens of microns. The existence of end particles indicates that the growth mechanism of BNNTs can be attributed to a gas-liquid-solid growth model. The magnesium catalyzed preparation of boron nitride nanotubes has stable process, high yield and high purity, which is expected to be a good method for large-scale preparation of boron nitride nanotubes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (52) ◽  
pp. 10532-10535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Roy ◽  
Ankan Paul

Theoretical investigations reveal that Ir pincer complexes can release molecular hydrogen from hydrogenated boron nitride nanotubes at room temperature accessible free energy barriers.


2011 ◽  
Vol 694 ◽  
pp. 408-412
Author(s):  
Lai Ping Zhang ◽  
Ji Lin Wang ◽  
Guo Wei Zhao ◽  
Zhan Hui Zhang ◽  
Fang Zhang ◽  
...  

Four types of boron nitride (BN) nanotubes are selectively synthesized by annealing porous precursor in flowing NH3 and NH3/H2 atmosphere at temperature ranging from 1000 to 1200°C in a vertical furnace. The as-synthesized BN nanotubes, including cylinder, wave, bamboo and bubble-chain, are characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Selectivity of BN nanotubes is estimated as approximately 80 to 95%. The porous precursor B31Fe17(MgO)27 prepared by self-propagation high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method plays a key role in controllable synthesis of the as-grown BN nanotubes. The chemical reaction and annealing mechanism are also discussed.


Author(s):  
Jamshid Najafpour ◽  
Farrokh Roya Nikmaram ◽  
Fatemeh Firooznasab

In this work, the potential relation between magnetic response properties (isotropic shielding (σ) and total atomic magnetizabilities, Χ(Ω)) with QTAIM atomic charges of boron and nitrogen atoms in (4,4), (5,3) and (7,0) single-walled boron nitride nanotubes (SWBNNTs) are investigated at DFT B3LYP/ 6-31G(d) level of theory using periodic boundary condition (PBC) approach. The results show that a liner correlation exists between atomic charges of B and N in (4,4) and (5,3) BNNTs and the isotropic shielding. The results show a solid correlation between chemical shielding and total-atomic magnetizabilities, Χ(Ω) in (4,4) BNNT with the lowest conductivity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (20) ◽  
pp. 8351-8357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud S. Amin ◽  
Bennett Atwater ◽  
Robert D. Pike ◽  
Kurt E. Williamson ◽  
David E. Kranbuehl ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jilin Wang ◽  
Yunle Gu ◽  
Laiping Zhang ◽  
Guowei Zhao ◽  
Zhanhui Zhang

High-quality boron nitride nanotubes were synthesized by annealing porous precursor in flowing NH3gas at 1150°C. The porous precursor B18Ca2(MgO)9was produced by self-propagation high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method using Mg, B2O3, and CaB6as the starting materials, which played an important role in synthesis of BN nanotubes in large quantities. Samples were characterized by SEM, TEM, EDX, HRTEM, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The as-synthesized BN nanotubes have an average diameter of about 150 nm with a wall/diameter ratio of 2/3. Mean length of the BN nanotubes was more than 10 μm. The effects of temperature, time, and the possible mechanism of the growth of the BN nanotubes were also discussed.


ACS Nano ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 9867-9873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Sinitskii ◽  
Kristopher J. Erickson ◽  
Wei Lu ◽  
Ashley L. Gibb ◽  
Chunyi Zhi ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (33) ◽  
pp. 4544-4548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chee Huei Lee ◽  
Shengyong Qin ◽  
Madhusudan A. Savaikar ◽  
Jiesheng Wang ◽  
Boyi Hao ◽  
...  

ChemInform ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (36) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Laiping Zhang ◽  
Yunle Gu ◽  
Qiongli Qian ◽  
Jilin Wang ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2140-2143
Author(s):  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Yong Hui Zhou ◽  
Ting Ting Fu ◽  
Hong Min Kan ◽  
Xiao Yang Wang

Boron nitride nanotubes attract wide interest because of their unique structures as well as super properties. The structures, properties, synthetic methods and application studies are particularly summarized. Since they were discovered, additionally, the prospects for future research and application are proposed. In this paper, advances in researches on Boron Nitride (BN) nanotubes are reviewed, and some of technologies for preparation of BN nanotubes are described. The tip structures of BN nanotubes produced by different technologies are compared and discussed.


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