Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics

Damien Hanlon, Claudia Backes, Evie Doherty, Clotilde S. Cucinotta, Nina C. Berner, Conor Boland, Kangho Lee, Andrew Harvey, Peter Lynch, Zahra Gholamvand, Saifeng Zhang, Kangpeng Wang, Glenn Moynihan, Anuj Pokle, Quentin M. Ramasse, Niall McEvoy, Werner J. Blau, Jun Wang, Gonzalo Abellan, Frank Hauke, Andreas Hirsch, Stefano Sanvito, David D. O’Regan, Georg S. Duesberg, Valeria Nicolosi and Jonathan N. Coleman ()
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Damien Hanlon: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Claudia Backes: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Evie Doherty: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Clotilde S. Cucinotta: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Nina C. Berner: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Conor Boland: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Kangho Lee: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Andrew Harvey: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Peter Lynch: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Zahra Gholamvand: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Saifeng Zhang: Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kangpeng Wang: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Glenn Moynihan: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Anuj Pokle: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Quentin M. Ramasse: SuperSTEM Laboratory
Niall McEvoy: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Werner J. Blau: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Jun Wang: Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gonzalo Abellan: Chair of Organic Chemistry II and Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Frank Hauke: Chair of Organic Chemistry II and Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Andreas Hirsch: Chair of Organic Chemistry II and Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Stefano Sanvito: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
David D. O’Regan: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Georg S. Duesberg: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Valeria Nicolosi: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan N. Coleman: School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Few-layer black phosphorus (BP) is a new two-dimensional material which is of great interest for applications, mainly in electronics. However, its lack of environmental stability severely limits its synthesis and processing. Here we demonstrate that high-quality, few-layer BP nanosheets, with controllable size and observable photoluminescence, can be produced in large quantities by liquid phase exfoliation under ambient conditions in solvents such as N-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone (CHP). Nanosheets are surprisingly stable in CHP, probably due to the solvation shell protecting the nanosheets from reacting with water or oxygen. Experiments, supported by simulations, show reactions to occur only at the nanosheet edge, with the rate and extent of the reaction dependent on the water/oxygen content. We demonstrate that liquid-exfoliated BP nanosheets are potentially useful in a range of applications from ultrafast saturable absorbers to gas sensors to fillers for composite reinforcement.

Date: 2015
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