| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7961098 | Computational Materials Science | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Hydrogen (H) behavior in crystal boron nitride (BN) has been systematically investigated by first-principles calculation. We find that H prefers to reside in the hexagonal phase (hBN) rather than the cubic phase (cBN). These kinds of H tend to gather to form clusters. In hBN, H can terminate a framework around an impurity-induced sp3 nucleus, thereby suppressing the cBN growth. This explains why there is no significant improvement in the hBN-to-cBN transition after aluminium (Al) doping.
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Authors
Dong Han, Xian-Bin Li, Y.Y. Sun, S.B. Zhang, Sheng-Yi Xie, Sukit Limpijumnong, Zhan-Guo Chen, Hong-Bo Sun,