title: The Role of Water in the Preparation and Stabilization of High-Quality Phosphorene Flakes.
abstract: The stability of phosphoreneis shown to be degraded by water. However, the presence of a small amount of water allows the synthesis of high-quality material in liquid exfoliation of black phosphorus using dimethylsulfoxide as solvent. A phosphorus/water molar ratio between 1.5 and 14 maximizes the quality of the phosphorene flakes and their stability.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica del Composti Organometallici Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serrano-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica del Composti Organometallici Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caporali
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica del Composti Organometallici Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ienco
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanotechnology Innovation @NEST Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Piazza San Silvestro 12 I-56127 Pisa Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.affiliation: NEST Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza San Silvestro 12 I-56127 Pisa Italy.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heun
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica del Composti Organometallici Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ICCOM) Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peruzzini
keywords: black phosphorus; liquid exfoliation; phosphorene; two‐dimensional materials