Nowadays, boron nitride
(BN) has attracted a great deal of attention
due to its physical and chemical properties, such as high-temperature
resistance, oxidation resistance, heat conduction, electrical insulation,
and neutron absorption. The unique lamellar, reticular, and tubular
morphologies and physicochemical properties of BN make it attractive
in the fields of adsorption, catalysis, hydrogen storage, thermal
conduction, insulation, dielectric substrate of electronic devices,
radiation protection, polymer composites, medicine, etc. Based on
this, we propose a novel method to produce boron nitride nanosheets
(BNNSs) by a two-step method. The structure and morphology of the
prepared BNNSs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy,
transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, XRD, FTIR,
etc. The results showed that the prepared BNNSs had high crystallinity
and the stripping efficiency of h-BN as well as the performance and
yield of BNNSs had been improved, and the cost and environmental pollution
of BNNS preparation had been reduced accordingly.