Nucleation Mechanism of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Diamond (111) and Its Hydrogen-Terminated Surface : A DFT Study

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has attracted significant attention due to its exceptional properties. Among various substrates used for h-BN growth, diamond emerges as a more promising substrate due to its high-temperature resistance and superior electrical properties. To reveal the nucleation mecha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 40(2024), 36 vom: 10. Sept., Seite 19146-19154
1. Verfasser: Xu, Hang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hu, Jiping, Wang, Fang, Qu, Yipu, Liu, Yuhuai
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has attracted significant attention due to its exceptional properties. Among various substrates used for h-BN growth, diamond emerges as a more promising substrate due to its high-temperature resistance and superior electrical properties. To reveal the nucleation mechanism of h-BN on the diamond (111) surface and the impact of hydrogenation treatment on this process, we explored the adsorption, diffusion, nucleation morphologies, and predicted nucleation pathways in this process using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT). Our results indicate that N positioned above the first layer of C and B positioned above the second layer of C enhance the stability of BN clusters. During the growth of BN clusters, there is a geometric transformation from chain-like structures to honeycomb-like structures. The proportion of unhybridized sp2 atoms within BN clusters and geometric symmetry significantly influence h-BN growth. Moreover, computational findings also suggest that to enhance the nucleation rate of h-BN it is essential to inhibit the formation of zigzag chain structures by BN clusters during the early stages of nucleation on a clean diamond surface. Additionally, hydrogenation treatment decreases the binding affinity of B and N on the substrate, facilitating atomic diffusion, and has been identified as an effective approach to facilitate nucleation. Furthermore, hydrogen-terminated diamond acts as an electron donor in the system, which profoundly affects the morphology of growing h-BN and the characteristics of the h-BN/diamond heterostructures. These conclusions are important to understanding and optimizing h-BN growth on diamond and provide a theoretical basis of the construction and application of the h-BN/diamond heterostructure 
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