title: Corrosion resistance of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride on copper.
abstract: Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a layered material with high thermal and chemical stability ideal for ultrathin corrosion resistant coatings. Here, we report the corrosion resistance of Cu with hBN grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Cyclic voltammetry measurements reveal that hBN layers inhibit Cu corrosion and oxygen reduction. We find that CVD grown hBN reduces the Cu corrosion rate by one order of magnitude compared to bare Cu, suggesting that this ultrathin layer can be employed as an atomically thin corrosion-inhibition coating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, H3C 3P8, Canada.|Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahvash
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada.|Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eissa
authors.affiliation: Département de génies des procédés, Laboratoire de Génie Electrique de Guelma. Université de Guelma, B.P 401 Guelma, Algérie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bordjiba
authors.affiliation: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szkopek
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, H3C 3P8, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siaj