Black Phosphorus and Group-VA Two-Dimensional Materials for Electronics, Energy and Medicine
This community investigates the synthesis, electronic properties, and applications of two-dimensional materials derived from phosphorus and related elements, primarily for use in optoelectronics, energy conversion, and biomedical therapies.
The research focuses heavily on black phosphorus nanosheets, quantum dots, and related allotropes such as red, violet, and blue phosphorus. Key methods include first-principles calculations, monolayer synthesis, and heterostructure engineering. Applications span photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, water splitting, and energy storage devices. A significant portion of the work addresses biomedical uses, including photothermal therapy for cancer, bone regeneration scaffolds, and targeted drug delivery. The community also explores the electronic and optical properties of antimonene, bismuthene, and arsenic-based nanomaterials, often comparing their anisotropic transport and nonlinear optical behaviors to those of graphene.
The largest share of the community's output is found in phosphorus research, accounting for 1.8% of all tracked phosphorus research, with 6,185 papers in this group. Carbon and antimony also appear frequently, contributing 1,303 and 606 papers respectively.
The community comprises 8,717 papers, published most frequently in Physical Review B, Nanoscale, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Recent work continues to explore black phosphorus nanosheets for mitochondrial-targeted immunotherapy and solar desalination, alongside new developments in violet phosphorus synthesis and antimonene-based nanoelectronics.