Graphene faces competition from other 2D Materials. The field materials has grown greatly in the past few years, and it is estimated that there are more than 100-layered materials that could potentially be stripped down to a monolayer to form a 2D material.
Borophene, a 2D allotrope of boron, has attracted research attention since it was first synthesized in 2015 on Ag(111) substrates via atomic layer deposition and molecular beam epitaxy under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. Borophene is a single layer of boron atoms that form various crystalline structures, and possesses unique chemical and physical properties including:
- stronger than graphene.
- more flexible.
- high capacity.
- excellent electronic and ionic conductivity.
- high surface activity.
- superconductor.
- lower mass than graphene (lightest 2D material).
- high catalytic performance.
Applications include:
- Ultra-high capacity anode materials in lithium-ion batteries.
- Anchoring materials for lithium-sulfur batteries.
- Flexible and transparent conductors in electronics.
- Supercapacitors.
- 2D plasmonics
- Interconnects.
- Electrodes.
- Biosensors.
- Hydrogen storage.
- Gas sensors.
- Hydrogen storage (ultrahigh storage capacity).
Published May 20 2019 | 16 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Properties……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
2 Applications……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
3 Market opportunity…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9
4 Glossary……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
5 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
Tables
- Table 1: 2D materials types………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
- Table 2: Applications and addressable markets of borophene…………………………………………………………………….. 10
Figures
- Figure 1: Schematic of 2-D materials………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
- Figure 2: Borophene schematic…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
