• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 10, 1102 (2022)
Mingfu FU, Wen YANG, Jiabao LI, Shukang DENG, Qihang ZHOU, Xiaobo FENG, and Peizhi YANG*
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  • Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology (Ministry of Education), Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210805 Cite this Article
    Mingfu FU, Wen YANG, Jiabao LI, Shukang DENG, Qihang ZHOU, Xiaobo FENG, Peizhi YANG. Synthesis of Orthorhombic Black Phosphorus by Chemical Vapor Transport Method[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1102 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Black phosphorus (BP) with excellent and unique physical and chemical properties has emerged as the most promising semiconductor for energy storage and conversion, micro-nano devices, photo- and electro-catalysis, biomedicine, and so on. It is crucial to synthesize high-quality precursors of orthorhombic BP for realizing the applications of two-dimensional BP and zero-dimensional BP quantum dots. Herein, the effects of mineralizer components and ratios on BP growth were studied by the chemical vapor transport (CVT) method without temperature gradient. The results indicate that orthorhombic BP can be synthesized under some experimental combinations that can be considered viable only when tin (or lead) and iodine coexist together with the appropriate ratio. And the mass ratio ranges of tin and iodine w(Sn/I2) for BP preparation is wide, and the size of BP crystal obtained at w(Sn/I2)=0.47 is up to 1.2 cm, of which yield and crystal quality are superior. Combined with the nucleation and growth mechanism of BP, tin and iodine are severely significant for the nucleation and growth of BP, which has been widely accepted. Mineralization effect of iodine is more obvious than that of tin, and sufficient tin contributes to the synthesis of large-size bulk BP crystals without temperature gradient. As a result, w(Sn/I2)=0.47 is the optimal minera lizer ratia for fabricating orthorhombic BP in this work.
    Mingfu FU, Wen YANG, Jiabao LI, Shukang DENG, Qihang ZHOU, Xiaobo FENG, Peizhi YANG. Synthesis of Orthorhombic Black Phosphorus by Chemical Vapor Transport Method[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(10): 1102
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