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- Title
- Stable semiconductor black phosphorus (BP)@titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid photocatalysts
- Author(s)
- H U Lee; S C Lee; J Won; B C Son; Saehae Choi; Y Kim; S Y Park; Hee-Sik Kim; Y C Lee; J Lee
- Bibliographic Citation
- Scientific Reports, vol. 5, pp. 8691-8691
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Abstract
- Over the past few decades, two-dimensional (2D) and layered materials have emerged as new fields. Due to the zero-band-gap nature of graphene and the low photocatalytic performance of MoS 2, more advanced semiconducting 2D materials have been prompted. As a result, semiconductor black phosphorus (BP) is a derived cutting-edge post-graphene contender for nanoelectrical application, because of its direct-band-gap nature. For the first time, we report on robust BP@TiO 2 hybrid photocatalysts offering enhanced photocatalytic performance under light irradiation in environmental and biomedical fields, with negligible affected on temperature and pH conditions, as compared with MoS 2 @TiO 2 prepared by the identical synthesis method. Remarkably, in contrast to pure few layered BP, which, due to its intrinsic sensitivity to oxygen and humidity was readily dissolved after just several uses, the BP@TiO 2 hybrid photocatalysts showed a ∼92% photocatalytic activity after 15 runs. Thus, metal-oxide-stabilized BP photocatalysts can be practically applied as a promising alternative to graphene and MoS 2.
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Publisher
- Springer-Nature Pub Group
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08691
- Type
- Article
- Appears in Collections:
- Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering Research Institute > Cell Factory Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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