articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyAug 18, 2015Closed access

Ultrathin Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials · University of Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

Benefiting from its strong oxidizing properties, the singlet oxygen has garnered serious attentions in physical, chemical, as well as biological studies. However, the photosensitizers for the generation of singlet oxygen bear in low quantum yields, lack of long wavelength absorption band, poor biocompatibility, undegradable in living tissues, and so on. Here we first demonstrate the exfoliated black phosphorus nanosheets to be effective photosensitizers for the generation of singlet oxygen with a high quantum yield of about 0.91, rendering their attractive applications in catalysis and photodynamic therapy. Through in vitro and in vivo studies, the water dispersible black phosphorus nanosheets show notable…

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