Efficient production of few-layer black phosphorus by liquid-phase exfoliation

Ghassane Tiouitchi; Mustapha Ait Ali; Abdelilah Benyoussef; Mohammed Hamedoun; Abdessadek Lachgar; Abdelkader Kara; Ahmed Ennaoui; Abdelfattah Mahmoud; Frederic Boschini; Hamid Oughaddou; Amine El Moutaouakil; Abdellah El Kenz; Omar Mounkachi

doi:10.1098/rsos.201210

Efficient production of few-layer black phosphorus by liquid-phase exfoliation

R Soc Open Sci. 2020 Oct 21;7(10):201210. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201210. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Condensed Matter and Interdisciplinary Sciences (LaMCScI), BP 1014, Faculty of Science-Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
² Coordination Chemistry Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia (UCA-FSSM), BP 2390-40000 Marrakech, Morocco.
³ Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Rabat, Morocco.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
⁶ Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles, Rabat, Morocco.
⁷ GREENMAT, CESAM, Institute of Chemistry B6, University of Liege, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
⁸ Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay, ISMO-CNRS, Bât. 210, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
⁹ Département de Physique, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
¹⁰ Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Abstract

Phosphorene is a new two-dimensional material that has recently attracted much attention owing to its fascinating electrical, optical, thermal and chemical properties. Here, we report on high-quality exfoliation of black phosphorus nanosheets, with controllable size produced in large quantities by liquid-phase exfoliation using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as a solvent under ambient conditions. The as-synthesized few layers show a great potential for solar energy conversion based on the optical results shown in this work.

Keywords: Raman spectroscopy; atomic force microscopy; black phosphorus; liquid-phase exfoliation; phosphorene.

Associated data

Dryad/10.5061/dryad.3ffbg79g4