TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemical stability of hydrogen boride nanosheets in water
AU - Rojas, Kurt Irvin M.
AU - Cuong, Nguyen Thanh
AU - Nishino, Hiroaki
AU - Ishibiki, Ryota
AU - Ito, Shin ichi
AU - Miyauchi, Masahiro
AU - Fujimoto, Yoshitaka
AU - Tominaka, Satoshi
AU - Okada, Susumu
AU - Hosono, Hideo
AU - Arboleda, Nelson B.
AU - Kondo, Takahiro
AU - Morikawa, Yoshitada
AU - Hamada, Ikutaro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Boron-based two-dimensional materials are of interest for use in electronic devices and catalytic applications, for which it is important that they are chemically stable. Here, we explore the chemical stability of hydrogen boride nanosheets in water. Experiments reveal that mixing hydrogen boride and water produces negligible amounts of hydrogen, suggesting that hydrolysis does not occur and that hydrogen boride is stable in water, which is in contrast to most boron hydride materials. First-principles calculations reveal that the sheets interact weakly with water even in the presence of defects and that negatively charged boron prevents the onset of hydrolysis. We conclude that the charge state of boron and the covalent boron-boron bond network are responsible for the chemical and structural stability. On the other hand, we found that proton exchange with hydrogen boride nanosheets does occur in water, indicating that they become acidic in the presence of water.
AB - Boron-based two-dimensional materials are of interest for use in electronic devices and catalytic applications, for which it is important that they are chemically stable. Here, we explore the chemical stability of hydrogen boride nanosheets in water. Experiments reveal that mixing hydrogen boride and water produces negligible amounts of hydrogen, suggesting that hydrolysis does not occur and that hydrogen boride is stable in water, which is in contrast to most boron hydride materials. First-principles calculations reveal that the sheets interact weakly with water even in the presence of defects and that negatively charged boron prevents the onset of hydrolysis. We conclude that the charge state of boron and the covalent boron-boron bond network are responsible for the chemical and structural stability. On the other hand, we found that proton exchange with hydrogen boride nanosheets does occur in water, indicating that they become acidic in the presence of water.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43246-021-00184-5
DO - 10.1038/s43246-021-00184-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85124626620
SN - 2662-4443
VL - 2
JO - Communications Materials
JF - Communications Materials
IS - 1
M1 - 81
ER -