| Title: | Boron‑rich boron carbide from soot : a low-temperature green synthesis approach |
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| Authors: | ID Swapna, Mohanachandran Nair Sindhu (Author)
ID Saritha Devi, H. V. (Author)
ID Iyer Sankararaman, Sankaranarayana (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | Boron carbide is a promising super-hard semiconducting material for refractory applications ranging from the nuclear industry to spacecraft. The present work is the frst report of not only turning futile soot, containing carbon allotropes in varying
composition, into boron-rich boron carbide (BC), but also developing it by a low-cost, low-temperature, and green synthesis
method. The BC synthesised from gingelly oil soot is subjected to structural, morphological, and optical characterisations.
The feld emission scanning electron microscope shows beautiful fower-like morphology, and the thermogravimetric analysis reveals the high-temperature stability of the sample synthesised. The Tauc plot of the sample indicates a 2.38 eV direct
bandgap. The formation of BC and boron-rich carbide evidenced by X-ray difraction studies is confrmed through Raman
and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic signatures of B–C and C–B–C bonds. The fuorescence, power spectrum, and
CIE analyses carried out suggest the blue light emission for excitation at 350 nm |
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| Keywords: | boron carbide, soot, carbon nanoparticle, refractory, allotropes, green synthesis |
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| Year of publishing: | 2020 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 651–657 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 57, iss. 6 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-7407 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 113353475 |
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| UDC: | 54 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1229-7801 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s43207-020-00066-5 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:AJDUOZPV |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 30.06.2022 |
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