Abstract
Electrical properties of Br-doped SnSe2 van der Waals (vdW) materials are investigated by synthesizing polycrystalline SnSe2-xBrx via a solid-state reaction route. From the x-ray diffraction and Raman spectra results, it can be confirmed that Br impurity substitutes well on a Se-site by minimizing the lattice deformation as well as the red-shift of A 1g vibrational mode corresponding to the Sn-Se bond. Electrical characterization reveals that Br dopant is an efficient electron donor for vdW SnSe2 system as it easily encourages the electron carrier concentration from ∼1017 to ∼1020 cm-3, thus resulting in the semiconductor-metal transition behavior.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 455102 |
| Journal | Journal Physics D: Applied Physics |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 45 |
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| State | Published - 9 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- doping
- electrical transport
- van der Waals (vdW) materials