PdSe2 (Palladium Diselenide)
PdSe2 is a semiconductor 2D material having a bandgap ranging from 0eV to ~1.3eV. The layers are stacked together via van der Waals interactions and can be exfoliated into thin 2D layers.
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The PdSe2 crystals produced at HQ Graphene have a typical lateral size of ~0.1-0.3 cm, hexagonal shaped and have a metallic appearance.
More information about the PdSe2 crystals we sell can be found below.
| Crystal size | ~1-3 mm |
| Electrical properties | Semiconductor |
| Crystal structure | Orthorombic |
| Unit cell parameters | a = 0.575 nm, b = 0.588 nm, c = 0.769 nm, α = β = γ= 90° |
| Monolayer properties |  Link to C2DB containing calculated properties |
| Type | Synthetic |
| Purity | >99.995 % |
| Characterized by | XRD, EDX |
| More information? | Please contact us by email or phone |
The single crystal PdSe2 is characterized using:
XRD: single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (D8 Venture Bruker and D8 Advance Bruker)EDX: Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for stoichiometric analysis
XRD and EDX on PdSe2:
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HQ Graphene Wiki on:
PdSe2
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2. Chen, L., et al. "In-plane anisotropic thermal conductivity of low-symmetry PdSe2." Sustainability 13.8 (2021): 4155.
3. Zhong, J., et al. "PdSe 2/MoSe 2 vertical heterojunction for self-powered photodetector with high performance." Nano Research (2022): 1-8.
4. Ahmad, W., et al. "Strong Interlayer Transition in Few‐Layer InSe/PdSe2 van der Waals Heterostructure for Near‐Infrared Photodetection." Advanced Functional Materials 31.43 (2021): 2104143.