Defects controlled hole doping and multivalley transport in SnSe single crystals

Zhen Wang; Congcong Fan; Zhixuan Shen; Chenqiang Hua; Qifeng Hu; Feng Sheng; Yunhao Lu; Hanyan Fang; Zhizhan Qiu; Jiong Lu; Zhengtai Liu; Wanling Liu; Yaobo Huang; Zhu-An Xu; D. W. Shen; Yi Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02566-1

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Defects controlled hole doping and multivalley transport in SnSe single crystals

Zhen Wang,
Congcong Fan,
Zhixuan Shen,
Chenqiang Hua,
Qifeng Hu,
Feng Sheng,
Yunhao Lu,
Hanyan Fang,
Zhizhan Qiu,
Jiong Lu,
Zhengtai Liu,
Wanling Liu,
Yaobo Huang,
Zhu-An Xu,
D. W. Shen,
Yi Zheng

Affiliations

Zhen Wang: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Congcong Fan: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhixuan Shen: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Chenqiang Hua: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Qifeng Hu: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Feng Sheng: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Yunhao Lu: State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University
Hanyan Fang: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Zhizhan Qiu: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Jiong Lu: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Zhengtai Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wanling Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaobo Huang: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Zhu-An Xu: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
D. W. Shen: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Zheng: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02566-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Knowledge of the electronic structure of group-IV monochalcogenides is essential for their application in high-performance thermoelectric energy harvesting. Here, using photoemission spectroscopy, the authors reveal the impact of doping, and the anisotropic nature of the band structure of SnSe.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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