TY  - JOUR
EP  - 7361
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
SN  - 02728842
N1  - cited By 8
SP  - 7358
TI  - Synthesis of multilayered hexagonal boron nitride microcrystals as a potential hydrogen storage element
AV  - none
JF  - Ceramics International
A1  - Ahmad, P.
A1  - Khandaker, M.U.
A1  - Muhammad, N.
A1  - Rehman, F.
A1  - Khan, G.
A1  - Rehman, M.A.
A1  - Ahmed, S.M.
A1  - Gulzar, M.
A1  - Numan, A.
A1  - Khan, A.S.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85015698343&doi=10.1016%2fj.ceramint.2017.03.043&partnerID=40&md5=aca5f5e07d0d6184d0d810b28910d23a
VL  - 43
Y1  - 2017///
IS  - 9
N2  - Top-down approach has been used to synthesize pure, highly crystalline, multilayered micron size crystals of hexagonal boron nitride (BNMCs) at the top of Silicon substrate at 800 °C by using bulk boron nitride powder as a precursor. The synthesized crystals have different interlayers spacing from left to right (0.33 nm, 0.37 nm and 0.35 nm) and at the center (~0.24 nm). The former spacing corresponds to d(002) spacing whereas the later corresponds to d(010) spacing in h-BN. The sharpness of the peaks in XRD, Raman and FTIR spectrums correspond to highly crystalline nature of BNMCs whereas the locations of the peaks verify the h-BN nature of BNMCs. The B-N bonded BNMCs with larger surface area can be an excellent choice as a hydrogen storage element. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.
ID  - scholars8603
KW  - Boron nitride; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Nitrides; Synthesis (chemical)
KW  -  BNMCs; Crystalline nature; Hexagonal boron nitride; Nitride powders; Potential hydrogens; Silicon substrates; Storage elements; Top down approaches
KW  -  Hydrogen storage
ER  -