Scalable high yield exfoliation for monolayer nanosheets

Zhuyuan Wang; Xue Yan; Qinfu Hou; Yue Liu; Xiangkang Zeng; Yuan Kang; Wang Zhao; Xuefeng Li; Shi Yuan; Ruosang Qiu; Md Hemayet Uddin; Ruoxin Wang; Yun Xia; Meipeng Jian; Yan Kang; Li Gao; Songmiao Liang; Jefferson Zhe Liu; Huanting Wang; Xiwang Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35569-8

Scalable high yield exfoliation for monolayer nanosheets

Zhuyuan Wang, Xue Yan, Qinfu Hou, Yue Liu, Xiangkang Zeng, Yuan Kang, Wang Zhao, Xuefeng Li, Shi Yuan, Ruosang Qiu, Md Hemayet Uddin, Ruoxin Wang, Yun Xia, Meipeng Jian, Yan Kang, Li Gao, Songmiao Liang, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Huanting Wang, Xiwang Zhang

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Although two-dimensional (2D) materials have grown into an extended family that accommodates hundreds of members and have demonstrated promising advantages in many fields, their practical applications are still hindered by the lack of scalable high-yield production of monolayer products. Here, we show that scalable production of monolayer nanosheets can be achieved by a facile ball-milling exfoliation method with the assistance of viscous polyethyleneimine (PEI) liquid. As a demonstration, graphite is effectively exfoliated into graphene nanosheets, achieving a high monolayer percentage of 97.9% at a yield of 78.3%. The universality of this technique is also proven by successfully exfoliating other types of representative layered materials with different structures, such as carbon nitride, covalent organic framework, zeolitic imidazolate framework and hexagonal boron nitride. This scalable exfoliation technique for monolayer nanosheets could catalyze the synthesis and industrialization of 2D nanosheet materials.

Original language	English
Article number	236
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35569-8
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2023

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