High-Temperature Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Boron Nanorods, Nanowires, and Bamboo-Like Nanotubes
Adebisi MA, Chen CD, Maaza M, Ronning C, Manikandan E, Motaung DE, Christopher PS, Bharuth-Ram K, Aliyu NS, Pillay MN, Moodley MK (2023)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 220
Article Number: 2200464
Journal Issue: 1
Abstract
A double-pulsed laser ablation (DPLA) method has been used to synthesize crystalline boron nanorods (BNRs), boron nanowires (BNWs), and bamboo-like boron nanotubes (BBNTs) from bulk boron (BKB). A q-switched Nd: YAG laser operating at the first and second harmonic wavelengths with 1064 and 532 nm is used to ablate a solid composite boron target doped with 1% Ni and 1% Co in a tube furnace in flowing argon gas. Boron nanostructures in the form of BNRs, BNWs, and BBNTs are condensed from the hot laser-induced plasma plume at furnace temperatures of 800, 900, and 1000 °C. The morphology and the chemical and optical nature of the nanostructures are identified from X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Raman, UV–vis, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies. The results confirm the crystallinity and phase purity of the boron-nanomaterials and that they are preferentially grown in the c-axis direction of α-boron. The as-synthesized BNRs, BNWs, and BBNTs are observed to have lengths of 0.2–1.5 μm and widths between 10 and 100 nm, and show respective PL resonance emission peaks at 330, 331, and 333 nm, and the electrical conductivities of 312, 313, and 324 S cm−1 at room temperature which are higher than the electrical conductivity of BKB.
Involved external institutions
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
South Africa (ZA)
Academia Sinica / 中央研究院
Taiwan (TW)
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences
South Africa (ZA)
Thiruvalluvar University / திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலைக்கழகம்
India (IN)
University of the Free State
South Africa (ZA)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
South Africa (ZA)
Academia Sinica / 中央研究院
Taiwan (TW)
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences
South Africa (ZA)
Thiruvalluvar University / திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலைக்கழகம்
India (IN)
University of the Free State
South Africa (ZA)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Adebisi, M.A., Chen, C.-D., Maaza, M., Ronning, C., Manikandan, E., Motaung, D.E.,... Moodley, M.K. (2023). High-Temperature Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Boron Nanorods, Nanowires, and Bamboo-Like Nanotubes. physica status solidi (a), 220(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202200464
MLA:
Adebisi, Mufutau A., et al. "High-Temperature Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Boron Nanorods, Nanowires, and Bamboo-Like Nanotubes." physica status solidi (a) 220.1 (2023).
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