PtSe2 (Platina Diselenide)
PtSe2 is a semimetal. The layers are stacked together via van der Waals interactions and can be exfoliated into thin 2D layers. The Platinum Diselenide semi-metal belongs to the group-X transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC).
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The PtSe2 crystals produced at HQ Graphene have a typical lateral size of ~0.2-0.3 cm, and have a metallic appearance.
More information on the PtSe2 crystals that we sell can be found below.
| Crystal size | ~2-3 mm |
| Electrical properties | Semimetal |
| Crystal structure | Hexagonal |
| Unit cell parameters | a = b = 0.375 nm, c = 0.506 nm, α = β = 90°, γ = 120° |
| Monolayer properties |  Link to C2DB containing calculated properties |
| Type | Synthetic |
| Purity | >99.995 % |
| Characterized by | XRD, Raman, EDX, Hall measurement |
| More information? | Please contact us by email or phone |
The single crystal PtSe2 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
Raman: 785 nm Raman system
Hall measurement: Extraction of charge carrier density and doping in the Van der Pauw geometry.
Raman, XRD and EDX on PtSe2:
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PtSe2 (Platina Diselenide)
1. Avsar, A., et al. "Probing magnetism in atomically thin semiconducting PtSe2." Nature communications 11.1 (2020): 4806.
2. Yuan, Y., et al. "Filamentary superconductivity in wrinkled PtSe2." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54.21 (2021): 215302.
3. Kwiecień, K., et al. "Effect of surface preparation on PtSe2 crystal surface morphology." Surface Science 727 (2023): 122181.
4. Wu, M. et al. "Observation the multi-soliton patterns from the Er-doped mode-locked fiber laser modulated by PtSe2." Frontiers in Physics 8 (2020): 107.