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Inside Cover: Pnictogen (As, Sb, Bi) Nanosheets for Electrochemical Applications Are Produced by Shear Exfoliation Using Kitchen Blenders (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2017)
Author(s) -
Gusmão Rui,
Sofer Zdeněk,
Bouša Daniel,
Pumera Martin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201710278
Subject(s) - pnictogen , exfoliation joint , materials science , electrochemistry , aqueous solution , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , scalability , optoelectronics , chemistry , graphene , computer science , organic chemistry , condensed matter physics , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , electrode , superconductivity , database
Group 5 elements (pnictogens) are attracting attention as mono‐elemental 2D materials with semiconducting properties. In their Communication on page 14417 ff., M. Pumera et al. present a green, scalable method for the aqueous shear‐force exfoliation of pnictogens using household kitchen blenders. The exfoliated nanosheets were evaluated in water‐splitting reactions, in which Sb showed the best performance. These results are significant for future electrochemical applications of pnictogens.