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Nanotechnology. 2019 Jun 14;30(24):245706. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab0d3d. Epub 2019 Mar 06.

Shape evolution of two dimensional hexagonal boron nitride single domains on Cu/Ni alloy and its applications in ultraviolet detection.

Nanotechnology

Huihui Yang, Lifeng Wang, Feng Gao, Mingjin Dai, Yunxia Hu, Hongyu Chen, Jia Zhang, Yunfeng Qiu, De Chang Jia, Yu Zhou, PingAn Hu

Affiliations

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China. Key Laboratory of Micro-systems and Micro-structures, Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 30840943 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab0d3d

Abstract

Two dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has attracted extensive attention due to its high thermal and chemical stability, excellent dielectric characteristic, and unique optical properties. However, the chemical vapor deposition synthesis of 2D h-BN is not fully explored, such as morphology regulation and size control. Here we demonstrate the growth of 2D h-BN single domains on Cu/Ni alloy via atmospheric chemical vapor deposition (APCVD). We discover that the shape of the as-grown h-BN single domains can be controlled from triangles, hexagons, to circles by adjusting the Ni content of the Cu/Ni substrates. Moreover, we find out that increasing the nickel content can suppress the nucleation density while the average domain size is accordingly improved. The grown single-crystalline h-BN demonstrates ultralow dark current about 0.9 pA and outstanding ultraviolet response with the responsivity up to 5.45 mAW

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