"Top-down" Arsenene Production by Low-Potential Electrochemical Exfoliation

Inorganic Chemistry
Evgeniya KovalskaZdeněk Sofer

Abstract

Arsenene, as an exotic representative of two-dimensional (2D) materials, has received great interest, yet the interest is mainly based on theoretical study. The reason for this is a restricted ability to operate the material from its synthesis to implementation. Beginning with the production, electrochemical exfoliation has been found as an extremely effective method for the preparation of 2D materials from bulk materials. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate the electrochemical exfoliation of bulk black arsenic in the anhydrous electrolyte medium. Spectro- and microscopic analyses evidence micrometer lateral size few-layer arsenene in a netlike porous shape formed of 2D flakes. We demonstrate that the surfactant-free exfoliation successfully resulted in a stable dispersion for which only washing with the corresponding solvent was sufficient. This electrochemistry route for the black arsenic exfoliation toward few-layer arsenene will broaden the materials' scope applications in new-generation devices.

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