Revealing Polytypism in 2D Boron Nitride with UV Photoluminescence
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| author | Iwański, Jakub Korona, Krzysztof P. Tokarczyk, Mateusz Kowalski, Grzegorz Dąbrowska, Aleksandra K. Tatarczak, Piotr Rogala, Izabela Bilska, Marta Wójcik, Maciej Kret, Sławomir Reszka, Anna Kowalski, Bogdan J. Li, Song Pershin, Anton Gali, Adam Binder, Johannes Wysmołek, Andrzej |
| author_facet | Iwański, Jakub Korona, Krzysztof P. Tokarczyk, Mateusz Kowalski, Grzegorz Dąbrowska, Aleksandra K. Tatarczak, Piotr Rogala, Izabela Bilska, Marta Wójcik, Maciej Kret, Sławomir Reszka, Anna Kowalski, Bogdan J. Li, Song Pershin, Anton Gali, Adam Binder, Johannes Wysmołek, Andrzej |
| contents | Boron nitride exhibits diverse crystal structures, predominantly a layered arrangement with strong intraplanar covalent bonds and weak interplanar van der Waals bonds. While commonly referred to as hexagonal BN (hBN), the sp$^2$-bonded BN atomic planes can also arrange in other configurations like Bernal (bBN) or rhombohedral (rBN) stacking orders. Variations in the orientation and translation of successive atomic layers lead to changes in crystal symmetry, potentially resulting in piezoelectric, pyroelectric or ferroelectric effects. However, distinguishing between different polytypes using conventional methods like X-ray diffraction or Raman spectroscopy presents a significant challenge. In this work, we demonstrate that the optical response of the 4.1 eV defect can serve as an indicator of the polytype. To this end, we study BN samples grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE), which contain different polytypes. The identification of the polytypes was achieved by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence measurements with a high spatial resolution allowed for the deconvolution of the signal into two components from which we can extract a zero-phonon line (ZPL) at 4.096 eV (302.6 nm) for hBN and 4.143 eV (299.2 nm) for rBN. We performed calculations that enable us to identify the defect as a carbon dimer CBCN (C2) and show that the ZPL shift reflects differences in the crystal environment for different polytypes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that different polytypic composition ratios of hBN and rBN can be achieved by MOVPE, which could pave the way for future applications in large-area van der Waals heterostructures. |
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| spellingShingle | Revealing Polytypism in 2D Boron Nitride with UV Photoluminescence Iwański, Jakub Korona, Krzysztof P. Tokarczyk, Mateusz Kowalski, Grzegorz Dąbrowska, Aleksandra K. Tatarczak, Piotr Rogala, Izabela Bilska, Marta Wójcik, Maciej Kret, Sławomir Reszka, Anna Kowalski, Bogdan J. Li, Song Pershin, Anton Gali, Adam Binder, Johannes Wysmołek, Andrzej Materials Science Boron nitride exhibits diverse crystal structures, predominantly a layered arrangement with strong intraplanar covalent bonds and weak interplanar van der Waals bonds. While commonly referred to as hexagonal BN (hBN), the sp$^2$-bonded BN atomic planes can also arrange in other configurations like Bernal (bBN) or rhombohedral (rBN) stacking orders. Variations in the orientation and translation of successive atomic layers lead to changes in crystal symmetry, potentially resulting in piezoelectric, pyroelectric or ferroelectric effects. However, distinguishing between different polytypes using conventional methods like X-ray diffraction or Raman spectroscopy presents a significant challenge. In this work, we demonstrate that the optical response of the 4.1 eV defect can serve as an indicator of the polytype. To this end, we study BN samples grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE), which contain different polytypes. The identification of the polytypes was achieved by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence measurements with a high spatial resolution allowed for the deconvolution of the signal into two components from which we can extract a zero-phonon line (ZPL) at 4.096 eV (302.6 nm) for hBN and 4.143 eV (299.2 nm) for rBN. We performed calculations that enable us to identify the defect as a carbon dimer CBCN (C2) and show that the ZPL shift reflects differences in the crystal environment for different polytypes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that different polytypic composition ratios of hBN and rBN can be achieved by MOVPE, which could pave the way for future applications in large-area van der Waals heterostructures. |
| title | Revealing Polytypism in 2D Boron Nitride with UV Photoluminescence |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.19126 |