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Design of narrow-band-gap h-BN and CNx light absorbers by layer edge-exposure and functionalization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K21600
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Functional solid state chemistry
Inorganic materials/Physical properties
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Materials Science

Principal Investigator

翁 群紅  国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 国際ナノアーキテクトニクス研究拠点, NIMSポスドク研究員 (70771210)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywordsboron nitride / functionalization / band gap / oxygen / 機能性セラミックス材料 / 光物性 / Energy conversion / 窒化ホウ素 / Functionalization
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Following the proposed methodology, we used both edge hydroxyl (-OH) functionalizaiton and plane interior oxygen doping for hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) electronic structure turning. Theoretical investigations have predicted the feasibility of this methodology but it is still unclear to what extent the related properties can be alternated, because there are few significant experimental progresses and systematic theoretical investigations in this field. We have achieved the successful optical, electronic and magnetic properties of h-BN adjustment with the idea proposed in our project.

We have narrowed the optical band gap in h-BN nanosheets (from ~5.5 eV down to 2.1 eV) and confirmed the appearance of paramagnetism and photoluminescence in them after oxygen doping and functionalization. Thorough structural characterization has confirmed the presence of oxygen substitutions for nitrogen atoms within the BN in-plane lattices and the sp2 type hydroxylation at the plane edges. Combining with comprehensive theoretical simulations, we answered important questions that the electronic properties of h-BN monoatomic sheets are tunable and their band gap can be narrowed to ~1.7 eV through oxygen doping and/or functionalization.

These findings pave a new way for h-BN nanosheet optical, electronic and magnetic property engineering, and should shed lights on h-BN future applications in optical, electrical, and energy-related fields.

Report

(1 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2016

All Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] New properties of functionalied BN materials2016

    • Author(s)
      Qunhong Weng
    • Organizer
      ISANAM2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Nara, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2018-01-16  

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