PdSe2 Crystal

SKU:
BLK-PdSe2
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New
  • High purity, crystallinity, and quality PdSe2 crystals by 2Dsemiconductors USA
  • High purity, crystallinity, and quality PdSe2 crystals by 2Dsemiconductors USA
  • XRD data collected from PdSe2 crystals grown by 2Dsemiconductors USA
  • Depiction of PdSe2 structure
  • Raman spectrum data collected from PdSe2 crystals grown by 2Dsemiconductors USA
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Description

Bulk PdSe2 (palladium diselenide) has been predicted to exhibit 30 meV band gap which increases to 1.43 eV indirect gap (theoretical). It has also been shown to exhibit superconductivity below ~13K under mild hydrostatic pressures, and even semimetallic response in the bulk form. In comparison to other TMDCs, PdSe2 has an uncommon structure: Pd atoms coordinate with four Se atoms, forming a square backbone lattice. It has also been recently shown that PdSe2 monolayer immediately undergo PdSe2 to Pd2Se3 crystal transformation. Owing to vast amount of Pd atoms, PdSe2 has been theoretically and experimentally shown to be catalytically active material thoigh fundamental research  still remains at its seminal stages. The product measures near ~5mm in overall size and contains a few pieces in each order.

Growth method matters> Flux zone or CVT growth method? Contamination of halides and point defects in layered crystals are well known cause for their reduced performance. Flux zone technique is a halide free technique used for synthesizing high quality vdW crystals. This method distinguishes itself from chemical vapor transport (CVT) technique in the following regard: CVT is a quick (~2 weeks) growth method but exhibits poor crystalline quality and the defect concentration reaches to 1E11 to 1E12 cm-2 range. In contrast, flux method takes long (~3 months) growth time, but ensures slow crystallization for perfect atomic structuring, and impurity free crystal growth with defect concentration as low as 1E9 - 1E10 cm-2. So if your research needs truly high quality crystals for optoelectronics, scanning tunneling microscopy, spectroscopy, and other projects that rely on defect free crystals, flux zone growth is ideal for you. If you need catalytic materials, the presence of defects typically helps. In such case CVT growth crystals are better suited for catalysis. During check out just state which type of growth process is preferred. Unless otherwise stated, 2Dsemiconductors ships Flux zone defect free crystals as a default choice. 

Properties of PdSe2 vdW crystals by 2Dsemiconductors USA

Crystal High quality PdSe2 vdV crystals (~5mm in size)
Material properties CDW, superconducting, IR-VIS semiconductor, catalytic
Crystal structure Pbca
Unit cell parameters a=0.579 nm, b=0.594, c=0.859 nm; α=β=γ=90°
Growth method Flux zone growth (contamination halide free)
Purity 99.9999% confirmed

 

XRD data collected from PdSe2 crystals 

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Raman spectrum collected from PdSe2 crystals

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Additional Information

Elements:
Pd,Se
Element:
Palladium
Element:
Selenium
Formula:
PdSe2
Material class:
MX2
Material class:
Dichalcogen
Properties:
Semiconductor
Properties:
Superconductor
Properties:
Semimetal
Band gap range:
IR
Growth method:
Flux
Doping:
Undoped
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