Boron-based compounds are a subject of interest for materials chemists, especially when it comes to nanomaterials and catalysts. A major selling point of these materials are their high stability and activity as catalysts. A particular material of interest is tetrahydroxydiboron, which has some unique characteristics when subjected to heat treatment. There is very little literature on the results of this heat treatment, other than the understanding that a distinctive B<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> phase is formed via dehydration. An optimal synthesis method was developed using multiple Design of Experiments (DoE) programs. The mechanism for the synthesis was upheld via TGA analysis. This phase, after characterization via powder XRD, XPS, TEM, and solid-state NMR, was concluded to have a distinct structure to other common boron-oxides. While mostly amorphous, there is still a distinct crystal structure forming during the synthesis process, leaving room for further crystallinity improvement and determination of crystal structure.

Synthesis and characterization of novel boron oxide materials

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