Table 2.
BNNT materials employed.
Name | Gas-phase purification | Number of wash cycles |
Powder production/homogenization | BET surface area [m2 g−1] | Density [mg cm−3] | Hydrodynamic Diameter [nm] | Zeta Potential [mV] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[water] | [acetone] | |||||||
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) | No | N/A | N/A | — | 23.64 ± 0.05 | 278.7 | 350.8 ± 7.9 | −12.7 ± 1.2 |
AP-BNNT[23] | No | N/A | N/A | Grinding | 70.7 ± 0.34 | 20.2 | 284.8 ± 31.3 | −12.7 ± 1.1 |
BR-BNNT[16] | Yes | N/A | N/A | Grinding | 103.3 ± 0.36 | 20.1 | 343.9 ± 98 | −12.1 ± 0.9 |
W1-BNNT | Yes | 2 | 4 | Freeze-drying | 150.67 ± 0.25 | 30.4 | 396.2 ± 66 | −12.1 ± 0.9 |
W2-BNNT | Yes | 2 | 8 | Freeze-drying | 144.9 ± 0.19 | ND | 354.3 ± 24 | −11.4 ± 1.7 |