Science Daily April 5, 2021
A team of researchers in the US (Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory,
University of Florida) grew borophene on a silver substrate then exposed it to hydrogen to form the borophane and unraveled its structure by combining a scanning tunneling microscope with a computer-vision based algorithm that compares theoretical simulations of structures with experimental measurements. They found a borophane nanosheet on a silver substrate to be quite stable making it easy to integrate it with other materials in the construction of new devices for optoelectronics, it could boost performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment. The automated analytical technique they developed can be applied for identifying other complex nanostructures in the future…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Structure of borophane sheet. Red, hydrogen; teal, boron. Credit: Qiucheng Li and Chaitanya Kolluru.