Integration of layered group IV selenides: From SnSe–SnSe2-xSx core-shell crystals to complex (SnSe–SnSe2-xSx)-GeSe van der waals heterostructures

Sutter, Eli; Sutter, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102064

Title: Integration of layered group IV selenides: From SnSe–SnSe_2-xS_x core-shell crystals to complex (SnSe–SnSe_2-xS_x)-GeSe van der waals heterostructures

Journal Article · 24 April 2024 · Materials Today Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.102064 · OSTI ID:2370045

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE (United States); University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE (United States)

The layered semiconductor tin selenide (SnSe) has received extensive interest due to its promising thermoelectric and ferroelectric properties. Integrating SnSe with other layered crystals in heterostructures can enable the modification of charge- and thermal transport, electrical polarization, and other properties such as chemical stability, optoelectronics, and photonics. Here, we demonstrate the vapor transport synthesis of single-crystalline SnSe monochalcogenide flakes that are spontaneously encapsulated in a thin layered SnSe_2-xS_x dichalcogenide shell. In a second growth step, such SnSe-SnSe_2-xS_x heterostructures are integrated with the monochalcogenide GeSe, which is laterally stitched to the SnSe side facets while preserving the dichalcogenide shell across the basal facets. This architecture is confirmed by optical microscopy, electron microscopy and diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray and Raman spectroscopies, as well as cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Furthermore, the results extend our capabilities for materials integration by forming complex heterostructures with both vertical van der Waals interfaces and covalent lateral interfaces between layered semiconductors.

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Research Organization:: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0023437

OSTI ID:: 2370045

Journal Information:: Materials Today Chemistry, Journal Name: Materials Today Chemistry Vol. 38; ISSN 2468-5194

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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