Unzipping of black phosphorus to form zigzag-phosphorene nanobelts

Here, the authors demonstrate the electrochemical unzipping of single crystalline black phosphorus into zigzag-phosphorene nanobelts, nanosheets, and quantum dots, via a top-down oxygen-driven mechanism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhifang Liu, Yilin Sun, Huaqiang Cao, Dan Xie, Wei Li, Jiaou Wang, Anthony K. Cheetham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17622-6