Solvo-thermal microwave-powered two-dimensional material exfoliation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Apr 28;52(33):5757-60. doi: 10.1039/c5cc10546c.

Abstract

We report our discovery of a universal, ultrafast, green, solvo-thermal technology for producing excellent quality, large-sized, few-layered nanosheets from well-known two-dimensional materials (TDMs) such as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), graphite, and MoS2. Our theory confirms the basis of this novel technique for exfoliation of high-quality, layered TDMs by unraveling a hitherto unknown role of the solvent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.