The renaissance of black phosphorus

One hundred years after its first successful synthesis in the bulk form in 1914, black phosphorus (black P) was recently rediscovered from the perspective of a 2D layered material, attracting tremendous interest from condensed matter physicists, chemists, semiconductor device engineers, and material scientists. Similar to graphite and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), black P has a layered structure but with a unique puckered single-layer geometry. Because the direct electronic band gap of thin film black P can be varied from 0.3 eV to around 2 eV, depending on its film thickness, and because of its high carrier mobility and anisotropic in-plane properties, black P is promising for novel applications in…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: DMR-1119826, DMR-1004147, 1119826, 1004147
• MR
  Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University

  Awards: 1119826, DMR-1119826
• OO
  Office of Naval Research

  Awards: N00014-14-1-0565, FA9550, N00014
• DO
  Division of Materials Research

  Awards: DMR-1004147, DMR-1119826, 1004147, 1119826
• AR
  Army Research Laboratory

  Awards: W911NF-14-2-0113, W911NF