10.1007/s40097-022-00490-5

Progress on boron nitride nanostructure materials: properties, synthesis and applications in hydrogen storage and analytical chemistry

  • Patel Mayurkumar Revabhai1,
  • Rakesh Kumar Singhal2,
  • Hirakendu Basu2,
  • Suresh Kumar Kailasa*1,
  1. Department of Chemistry, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, 395007, IN
  2. Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400085, IN

Published in Issue 22-03-2022

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Revabhai, P. M., Singhal, R. K., Basu, H., & Kailasa, S. K. (2022). Progress on boron nitride nanostructure materials: properties, synthesis and applications in hydrogen storage and analytical chemistry. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 13(1 (February 2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-022-00490-5
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Abstract

Abstract Recently, boron nitride nanostructures have proven to be promising materials in various applications including catalysis, optoelectronics, sensors, electronics and biomedical research areas due to their significant properties such as electrical, mechanical, optical, thermal and physico-chemical properties. In view of this, boron nitride nanostructures [hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), boron nitride quantum dots (BNQDs) boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)], properties (mechanical, photoluminescence, and biocompatibility) and synthetic routes top-down (liquid-phase exfoliation, ultrasonic-, microwave-, chemical reaction-, hydrothermal/solvothermal-, mechanical-, assisted exfoliation and ion-intercalation) and bottom-up (hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave and chemical vapor deposition) approaches are discussed in this review. The promising applications of boron nitride nanostructures in hydrogen storage and sensing (gas, inorganic species, organic and biomolecules) are summarized. Finally, future perspectives of BN nanostructures in hydrogen storage and analytical sciences are discussed.

Keywords

  • Boron nitride nanostructures,
  • Properties,
  • Synthetic routes,
  • Hydrogen storage and sensing applications

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