Treatment of organic wastewater is still a difficult problem to solve. In this paper, Cu-doped SnSe powder was synthesized by a convenient and efficient hydrothermal method. Meanwhile, the degradation effect of different doping concentrations of SnSe...
With the continuous advancement of science and technology, SnSe thin films are widely used in various fields such as solar cells, energy harvesting, and flexible devices. The importance of SnSe thin films continues to be highlighted, from solar cells...
In recent years, using two-dimensional (2D) materials to realize broadband photodetection has become a promising area in optoelectronic devices. Here, we successfully synthesized SnSe nanosheets (NSs) by a facile tip ultra-sonication method in water-...
To study the effect of strain engineering on the thermoelectric properties of SnSe, we combined first-principles calculation and Boltzmann transport theory to study the effect of −4% to 4% strain on SnSe thermoelectric properties. Compressive s...
Single layers of tin selenide (SnSe), which have a similar structure as graphene and phosphorene, also show excellent optoelectronic properties, and have received much attention as a two-dimensional (2D) material beyond other 2D material family membe...
Semiconducting SnSe, an analog of black phosphorus, recently attracted great scientific interest due to a disputed report of a large thermoelectric figure of merit, which has not been reproduced subsequently. Here we concentrate on the low-temperatur...
LaCl3 doped polycrystalline SnSe was synthesized by combining mechanical alloying (MA) process with spark plasma sintering (SPS). It is found that the electrical conductivity is enhanced after doping due to the increased carrier concentration and car...
The development of two-dimensional (2D) materials has gained significant attention due to their unique properties and potential applications in advanced electronics. This study investigates the fabrication and characterization of Fe-doped SnSe semico...
Hydrogen is regarded to be one of the most promising renewable and clean energy sources. Finding a highly efficient and cost-effective catalyst to generate hydrogen via water splitting has become a research hotspot. Two-dimensional materials with exo...
Recent studies have revealed the outstanding thermoelectric performance of Bi-doped n-type SnSe. In this regard, we analyzed the band parameters for Sn1−xBixSe (x = 0.00, 0.02, 0.04, and 0.06) using simple equations and the Single Parabolic Ban...
In this work, a simple, cost-effective successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) deposition technique has been used to deposit a high-quality tin selenide (SnSe) thin film onto a glass substrate. Structural, morphologic, and thermoelectr...
SnSe compounds are studied as promising candidates for thermoelectric (TE) applications, primarily due to their remarkable achievement of a high ZT value and the relative abundance of their constituent elements. In former studies, a significant dispa...
Material selection for thermoelectric modules and generators presents a considerable challenge. In commercially available thermoelectric generators, alloys with a high percentage of doping element are used to achieve different semiconductor polarity....
Polycrystalline SnSe was synthesized by a melting-annealing-sintering process. X-ray diffraction reveals the sample possesses pure phase and strong orientation along [h00] direction. The degree of the orientations was estimated and the anisotropic th...
The application of 2D semiconductor nanomaterials in the field of SERS is limited due to its weak enhancement effect and the unclear enhancement mechanism. In this study, we changed the surface morphology and energy level structure of 2D SnSe2 nanosh...
Optical anisotropy offers an extra degree of freedom to dynamically and reversibly regulate polarizing optical components, such as polarizers, without extra energy consumption and with high modulating efficiency. In this paper, we theoretically and n...
In important applications, thermoelectric technology has been widely applied for precise temperature control in intelligent electronics. This work synthesized and characterized low-content copper-doped SnSe thermoelectric catalysts using an easy and...
Single-crystalline tin-selenide (SnSe) has emerged as a high-performance and eco-friendly alternative to the lead-chalcogens often used in mid-temperature thermoelectric (TE) generators. At high temperature >800 K, the phase transition from Pnma t...
Thermoelectric materials can directly convert heat and electricity, which is a kind of promising energy material. In view of cost and mechanical properties, polycrystalline SnSe material with high zT value is greatly desired. In this study, polycryst...
We report the interaction between gas molecules (NO2 and NH3) and the SnSe2 monolayers with vacancy and dopants (O and N) for potential applications as gas sensors. Compared with the gas molecular adsorbed on pristine SnSe2 monolayer, the Se-vacancy...
Thermoelectric (TE) materials are a kind of energy material which can directly convert waste heat into electricity based on TE effects. Ternary Cu2SnSe3 material with diamond-like structure has become one of the potential TE materials due to its low...
As a new atomically layered, two-dimensional material, tin (IV) diselenide (SnSe2) has attracted extensive attention due to its compelling application in electronics and optoelectronics. However, the great challenge of impurities and the preparation...
SnSe2, as a prominent member of the post-transition metal dichalcogenides, exhibits many intriguing physical phenomena and excellent thermoelectric properties, calling for both fundamental study and potential application in two-dimensional (2D) devic...
In this study, the Cu–Te alloy ribbons containing nanocrystalline structures were prepared by melt spinning (MS), and were composed of Cu2−xTe, Cu2Te, Cu3−xTe, and CuTe phases. Crystal grains on both sides of the ribbons were unifor...
In this study, nano-sized fullerene C60 powder was sufficiently mixed with Cu2SnSe3 powder by ball milling method, and the C60/Cu2SnSe3 composites were prepared by spark plasma sintering technology. The fullerene C60 distributed uniformly in the form...
In the last few years, the thermoelectric properties of tin selenide (SnSe) have been explored in much detail due to its high efficiency and green nature, being free of Te and Pb. In the same chalcogenide family, SnSe2 is also a layered structured ma...
We systematically study, by using first-principles calculations, stabilities, electronic properties, and optical properties of GexSn1-xSe alloy made of SnSe and GeSe monolayers with different Ge concentrations x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0. Our r...
Synthesizing quantum dots (QDs) using simple methods and utilizing them in optoelectronic devices are active areas of research. In this paper, we fabricated SnSe2 QDs via sonication and a laser ablation process. Deionized water was used as a solvent,...
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures formed by stacking two distinct semiconductor monolayers have gained increasing research interest because of the various predicted and realized exotic phenomena that are absent in the corresponding monolayers. How...
Multilevel resistive switching in memristive devices is vital for applications in non-volatile memory and neuromorphic computing. In this study, we report on the multilevel resistive switching characteristics in SnSe/SrTiO3(STO) heterojunction-based...
Heavily doped degenerate semiconductors such as Cu2SnSe3 (CTSe) attracted attention in thermoelectric (TE) and optoelectronic fields, due to their high electrical conductivity and small band gap. The small Seebeck coefficient of undoped CTSe, however...
Thermoelectric materials convert waste heat to electricity and are part of the package of technologies needed to limit global warming. The tin chalcogenides SnS and SnSe are promising candidate thermoelectrics, with orthorhombic SnSe showing some of...
Wastewater containing triphenylmethane dyes such as malachite green (MG), discharged by textile and food industries, poses significant carcinogenic risks and ecological hazards. Conventional physical adsorption methods fail to degrade these pollutant...
The design of functional coatings for touchscreens and haptic interfaces is of paramount importance for smartphones, tablets, and computers. Among the functional properties, the ability to suppress or eliminate fingerprints from specific surfaces is...
In this work, the gas sensing properties and adsorption mechanisms of Ag- and Au-doped SnSe2 monolayers toward NO, NO2, SO2, H2S, and HCN were systematically investigated via first-principles calculations. The results demonstrate that NO2 exhibits th...
In order to investigate the pulse modulation potential of SnSe2 in all-solid-state lasers, an active and passive dual-loss-modulated (APDM) Q-switched and mode-locking (QML) Nd:YVO4 laser was realized by employing an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) and...
Chalcogenide-based materials have attracted widespread interest in high-performance thermoelectric research fields. A strategy for the application of two types of chalcogenide for improved thermoelectric performance is described herein. Tin selenide...
As reported during the last five years, SnSe is one of the leading thermoelectric (TE) materials with a very low lattice thermal conductivity. However, its elements are not as heavy as those of classical thermoelectric materials like PbTe or Bi2Te3....
The preparation of Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin films by the selenization of an electrodeposited copper–tin–zinc (CuSnZn) precursor with various Sn contents in low-pressure Se+SnSex vapor was studied. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy dispersi...
The geometry structures, vibrational, electronic, and thermoelectric properties of bilayer GeSe, bilayer SnSe, and van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure GeSe/SnSe are investigated by combining the first-principles calculations and semiclassical Boltzma...
In this work the authors analyze a CdS/SnSe solar cell using a SnTe as a hole transport layer. We analyzed the impact of the recombination mechanisms namely radiative, and Shockley–Read–Hall in the bulk and at the interfaces using SCAPS-1...
Tin selenide (SnSe) holds great potential for abundant future applications, due to its exceptional properties and distinctive layered structure, which can be modified using a variety of techniques. One of the many tuning techniques is pressure manipu...
Tin selenide (SnSe) is a sustainable, lead-free IV–VI semiconductor whose layered orthorhombic crystal structure induces pronounced electronic and phononic anisotropy, enabling diverse energy-related functionalities. This review systematically...
17β-estradiol (E2) is an important natural female hormone that is also classified as an estrogenic endocrine-disrupting compound (e-EDC). It is, however, known to cause more damaging health effects compared to other e-EDCs. Environmental water s...
SnS2 and SnSe2 have recently been shown to have a wide range of applications in photonic and optoelectronic devices. However, because of incomplete knowledge about their optical characteristics, the use of SnS2 and SnSe2 in optical engineering remain...
Recently, SnSe material with an outstanding high ZT (Figure of merit) of 2.6 has attracted much attention due to its strong applicability for highly efficient thermoelectric devices. Many studies following the first journal publication have been focu...
SnSe is considered as a promising thermoelectric (TE) material since the discovery of the record figure of merit (ZT) of 2.6 at 926 K in single crystal SnSe. It is, however, difficult to use single crystal SnSe for practical applications due to the p...
For the purpose of exploring the application of two-dimensional (2D) material in the field of gas sensors, the adsorption properties of gas molecules, CO, CO2, CH2O, O2, NO2, and SO2 on the surface of monolayered tin selenium in β phase (β-...
The acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) is unfriendly to the activity and function of immune cells in the TME. Here, we report inorganic nanozymes (i.e., SnSe NSs) that mimic the catalytic activity of lactate dehydrogenase to degrade lactate to pyruv...
Nanocomposite thin films, sensitive to methane at the room temperature (25–30 °C), have been prepared, starting from SnSe2 powder and Zn(II)-5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-aminophenyl)- -porphyrin (ZnTAPP) powder, that were fully characterized by X...
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