Borophenes made easy.

ABSTRACT: To date, the scalable synthesis of elemental two-dimensional materials beyond graphene still remains elusive. Here, we introduce a versatile chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method to grow borophenes, as well as borophene heterostructures, by selectively using diborane originating from traceable byproducts of borazine. Specifically, metallic borophene polymorphs were successfully synthesized on Ir(111) and Cu(111) single-crystal substrates and conjointly with insulating hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) to form atomically precise lateral borophene-hBN interfaces or vertical van der Waals heterostructures. Thereby, borophene is protected from immediate oxidation by a single hBN overlayer. The ability to synthesize high-quality borophenes with large single-crystalline domains

SUBMITTER: Cuxart MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8565903 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature