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Site selective adsorption of atomic deuterium on BN thin film

Koswattage, K.; Shimoyama, Iwao   ; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro  ; Baba, Yuji  ; Nakagawa, Kazumichi*

Boron nitride (BN) attracts attention for hydrogen storage because of nanotube structure and large interaction with hydrogen. Chemical adsorption of atomic hydrogen is interesting for hydrogen storage at room temperature. However, experimental research on the interaction of atomic hydrogen is little due to the difficulty in synthesizing BN nanomaterials. In this work, we studied adsorption of atomic deuterium on a BN thin film as model system of BN nanotubes with diameter of infinity using NEXAFS spectroscopy. BN thin film was formed on Ni(111) surface by exposure of borazine gas at 800 $$^{circ}$$C. We measured NEXAFS for the BN film before and after reaction with atomic deuterium produced by a tungsten hot filament. While NEXAFS spectra showed clear change at B K-edge, little change was observed at N K-edge. We analyzed these results by density functional theory calculations and clarified that atomic deuterium preferentially adsorbs on B site in BN materials.

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