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The Growth Methods and Field Emission Studies of Low-Dimensional Boron-Based Nanostructures. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9051019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Based on the morphology characteristics, low-dimensional (LD) nanostructures with high aspect ratio can be usually divided into nanowire, nanocone, nanotube, nanorod, nanoribbon, nanobelt and so on. Among numerous LD nanostructures, boron-based nanostructures attracted much interest in recent years because they have high melting-point, large electric and thermal conductivity, and low work function. Compared to traditional thermal emission, field emission (FE) has notable advantages, such as lower power dissipation, longer working life, room-temperature operation, higher brightness and faster switching speed. Most studies reveal they have lower turn-on and threshold fields as well as high current density, which are believed as ideal cold cathode nanomaterials. In this review, we will firstly introduce the growth methods of LD boron-based nanostructures (boron monoelement and rare-earth metal hexaboride). Then, we will discuss their FE properties and applications. At last, the conclusions and outlook will be summarized based on the above studies.
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Bhuvaneswari R, Chandiramouli R. DFT investigation on the adsorption behavior of dimethyl and trimethyl amine molecules on borophene nanotube. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zhou XF, Oganov AR, Shao X, Zhu Q, Wang HT. Unexpected reconstruction of the α-boron (111) surface. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:176101. [PMID: 25379924 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.176101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report a novel reconstruction of the α-boron (111) surface, discovered using ab initio evolutionary structure prediction, and show that this unexpected neat structure has a much lower energy than the recently proposed (111)-I(R,(a)) surface. In this reconstruction, all single interstitial boron atoms bridge neighboring B(12) icosahedra by polar covalent bonds, and this satisfies the electron counting rule, leading to the reconstruction-induced metal-semiconductor transition. The peculiar charge transfer between the interstitial atoms and the icosahedra plays an important role in stabilizing the surface.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiang-Feng Zhou
- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China and Department of Geosciences, Center for Materials by Design, and Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Geosciences, Center for Materials by Design, and Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutskiy Lane, Dolgoprudny City, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation and School of Materials Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Geosciences, Center for Materials by Design, and Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- School of Physics and Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China and National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Wang L, Mo Y, Rulis P, Ching WY. Spectroscopic properties of crystalline elemental boron and the implications on B11C–CBC. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44586k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hayami W, Otani S. First-principles study of the crystal and electronic structures of α-tetragonal boron. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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