DOI: 10.1002/adma.201707433. High‐Yield Production of Monolayer FePS<sub>3</sub> Quantum Sheets via Chemical Exfoliation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

High‐Yield Production of Monolayer FePS3 Quantum Sheets via Chemical Exfoliation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

10.1002/adma.201707433

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Abstract

Abstract2D layered transition metal phosphorus trichalcogenides (MPX3) possess higher in‐plane stiffness and lower cleavage energies than graphite. This allows them to be exfoliated down to the atomic thickness. However, a rational exfoliation route has to be sought to achieve surface‐active and uniform individual layers. Herein, monolayered FePS3 quantum sheets (QSs) are systematically obtained, whose diameters range from 4–8 nm, through exfoliation of the bulk in hydrazine solution. These QSs exhibit a widened bandgap of 2.18 eV as compared to the bulk (1.60 eV) FePS3. Benefitting from the monolayer feature, FePS3 QSs demonstrate a substantially accelerated photocatalytic H2 generation rate, which is up to three times higher than the bulk counterpart. This study presents a facile way, for the first time, of producing uniform monolayer FePS3 QSs and opens up new avenues for designing other low‐dimensional materials based on MPX3.

Bibliography

Cheng, Z., Shifa, T. A., Wang, F., Gao, Y., He, P., Zhang, K., Jiang, C., Liu, Q., & He, J. (2018). HighâYield Production of Monolayer FePS3 Quantum Sheets via Chemical Exfoliation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Materials, 30(26). Portico.

Authors 9

Zhongzhou Cheng (first)
Tofik Ahmed Shifa (additional)
Fengmei Wang (additional)
Yi Gao (additional)
Peng He (additional)
Kai Zhang (additional)
Chao Jiang (additional)
Quanlin Liu (additional)
Jun He (additional)

References 32 Referenced 139

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Created	7 years, 3 months ago (May 21, 2018, 2:47 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 11 months ago (Sept. 15, 2023, 10:45 p.m.)
Indexed	4 days, 4 hours ago (Aug. 23, 2025, 9:49 p.m.)
Issued	7 years, 3 months ago (May 21, 2018)
Published	7 years, 3 months ago (May 21, 2018)
Published Online	7 years, 3 months ago (May 21, 2018)
Published Print	7 years, 2 months ago (June 1, 2018)

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BibTeX

@article{Cheng_2018, title={High‐Yield Production of Monolayer FePS3 Quantum Sheets via Chemical Exfoliation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution}, volume={30}, ISSN={1521-4095}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201707433}, DOI={10.1002/adma.201707433}, number={26}, journal={Advanced Materials}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Cheng, Zhongzhou and Shifa, Tofik Ahmed and Wang, Fengmei and Gao, Yi and He, Peng and Zhang, Kai and Jiang, Chao and Liu, Quanlin and He, Jun}, year={2018}, month=may }

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