ZrSe3 (Zirconium Triselenide)
ZrSe3 is a semiconductor having an indirect bandgap of ~1.1 eV and is diamagnetic. The layers are stacked together via van der Waals interactions and can be exfoliated into thin 2D layers. Zirconim Triselenide belongs to the group-IV transition metal trichalcogenides.
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The ZrSe3 crystals produced at HQ Graphene have a typical shape a flat needle with a lateral size of ~0.6-0.8 cm and ~1mm width, having a metallic appearance.
| Crystal size | ~8 mm |
| Electrical properties | Semiconductor |
| Crystal structure | Monoclinic P |
| Unit cell parameters | a = 0.541 nm, b = 0.375 nm, c = 0.944 nm, α = γ = 90°, γ = 97.50° |
| Monolayer properties |  Link to C2DB containing calculated properties |
| Type | Synthetic |
| Purity | >99.995 % |
| Characterized by | XRD, Raman, EDX |
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The single crystal ZrSe3 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
Raman, XRD and EDX on ZrSe3:
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ZrSe3 (Zirconium Triselenide)
1. Li, Hao, et al. "Strongly Anisotropic Strain‐Tunability of Excitons in Exfoliated ZrSe3." Advanced Materials 34.1 (2022): 2103571.
2. Ghosh, Bishnupada, et al. "Structural and electronic phase transitions in Zr 1.03 Se 2 at high pressure." Physical Review B 106.10 (2022): 104102.