Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Stabilizing black phosphorus nanosheets via edge-selective bonding of sacrificial C60 molecules

  • Xianjun Zhu,
  • Taiming Zhang,
  • Daochuan Jiang,
  • Hengli Duan,
  • Zijun Sun,
  • Mengmeng Zhang,
  • Hongchang Jin,
  • Runnan Guan,
  • Yajuan Liu,
  • Muqing Chen,
  • Hengxing Ji,
  • Pingwu Du,
  • Wensheng Yan,
  • Shiqiang Wei,
  • Yalin Lu,
  • Shangfeng Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06437-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Few-layered black phosphorus has unique and appealing electronic properties but is easily oxidized in air. Here, the authors covalently functionalize black phosphorus nanosheets with C60 at their edges, providing improved stability and enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic activities.