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X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence from Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Electronic Structures and the Role of Oxygen Impurities

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† Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
‡ Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
§ International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Cite this: ACS Nano 2011, 5, 1, 631–639
Publication Date (Web):December 23, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1021/nn102881j
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    We report a study on the optical luminescence properties and the electronic structures of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). BNNTs with natural B (80% 11B and 20% 10B) and pure 10B are investigated in comparison with hexagonal BN crystals using X-ray absorption near-edge structures (XANES) and X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL). We find that the BNNT specimen synthesized with natural B contains more oxide impurities than that with pure 10B, resulting in significantly different behavior in optical luminescence. All BN samples with hexagonal structures are found to emit strong luminescence, but the emission spectra are strongly morphology- and structure-dependent. XEOL and XANES measurements were carried out at the B K-edge, N K-edge, and O K-edge in order to reveal the origin of different luminescence channels and the corresponding electronic structures in these BN materials.

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