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Growth of boron nitride nanotubes from magnesium-based catalysts

Ying Wang1,§, Kai Zhang1,§, Liyun Wu1,§, Xuhua He1, Qian He1, Nanyang Wang1, Zhengyang Zhou1, Chaowei Li2, Yue Hu3, Yagang Yao1( )
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Henan Key Laboratory of New Optoelectronic Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, 436 Xian'ge Road, Anyang 455000, China
Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325000, China

§ Ying Wang, Kai Zhang, and Liyun Wu contributed equally to this work.

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This study reports an efficient method for growing high-quality boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of low-melting-point precursors, and explores the application of BNNTs in thermally conductive composites.

Abstract

This study reports an efficient method for growing high-quality boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) via chemical vapor deposition of low-melting-point precursors—magnesium diboride (MgB2), magnesium nitride (Mg3N2), and diboron trioxide (B2O) at a growth temperature of 1000–1300 °C. The strong oxygen-capturing ability of Mg3N2 inhibits the formation of high-melting-point Mg3B2O6, which helps MgB2 to maintain an efficient and stable catalytic capacity, thereby enhancing its growth efficiency and utilization of the boron source. Moreover, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites formed from these BNNTs demonstrated much greater thermal conductivities than pure PDMS. Thus, this novel strategy for preparing BNNTs is efficient, and they have great potential for application as thermal interface materials.

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boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)low-melting-pointchemical vapor deposition (CVD)thermal conductivities

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 8,
August 2023
Pages 11048-11053
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5836-2
Cite this article:
Wang Y, Zhang K, Wu L, et al. Growth of boron nitride nanotubes from magnesium-based catalysts. Nano Research, 2023, 16(8): 11048-11053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5836-2
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Received: 14 March 2023
Revised: 01 May 2023
Accepted: 12 May 2023
Published: 23 June 2023
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