Various mono and bimetallic phosphochalcogenides are synthesized from their constituent elements and exfoliated down to few-layers by sonication in aqueous media and their photochemical HER activity is investigated.
An important aspect of phosphorene, the novel two-dimensional semiconductor, is whether holes and electrons can both be doped in this material. Some reports found that only electrons can be preferentially doped into phosphorene. There are some theoretical calculations showing charge-transfer interaction with both tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and tetracyanoethylene (TCNE). We have carried out an investigation of chemical doping of phosphorene by a variety of electron donor and acceptor molecules, employing both experiment and theory, Raman scattering being a crucial aspect of the study. We find that both electron acceptors and donors interact with phosphorene by charge-transfer, with the acceptors having more marked effects. All the three Raman bands of phosphorene soften and exhibit band broadening on interaction with both donor and acceptor molecules. First-principles calculations establish the occurrence of charge-transfer between phosphorene with donors as well as acceptors. The absence of electron-hole asymmetry is noteworthy.
Antimonene and bismuthene are promising members of the 2D pnictogen family with their tunable band gaps, high electronic conductivity, and ambient stability, making them suitable for electronic and optoelectronic applications. However, semi‐metal to semiconductor transition occurs only in the mono/bilayer regime, limiting their applications. Covalent functionalization is a versatile method for tuning materials’ chemical, electronic, and optical properties and can be explored for tuning the properties of pnictogens. In this work, emissions in liquid exfoliated antimonene and bismuthene are observed at ≈2.23 and ≈2.33 eV, respectively. Covalent functionalization of antimonene and bismuthene with p‐nitrobenzene diazonium salt proceeds with the transfer of lone pairs from Sb/Bi to the diazonium salt, introducing organic moieties on the surface attached predominantly via Sb/BiC bonds. Consequently, Sb/Bi signatures in Raman and X‐ray photoelectron spectra are blue‐shifted, implying lattice distortion and charge transfer. Interestingly, emission can be tailored upon functionalization to 2.18 and 2.27 eV for antimonene and bismuthene respectively, and this opens the possibility of tuning the properties of pnictogens and related materials. This is the first report on covalent functionalization of antimonene and bismuthene. It sheds light on the reaction mechanism on pnictogen surfaces and demonstrates tunability of optical property and surface passivation.
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