Description
2H-phase niobium diselenide is a superconducting vdW crystal with charge density wave (CDW) and Weyl semimetal properties. It has been shown to exhibit superconducting behavior at low temperatures.
Materials Project NbSe2
C2DB material properties NbSe2
| Sample size | ~ centimeter sized crystals |
| Material properties | Charge density wave, Weyl semimetal, superconductor |
| Crystal structure | 2H phase |
| Degree of exfoliation | Easy exfoliation characteristics |
| Production method | Flux zone (highest electronic grade) or CVT growth (more defected) |
| Other characteristics |
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Growth method matters> Flux zone or CVT growth method? Contamination of halides and point defects in layered crystals are well known cause for their reduced electronic mobility, reduced anisotropic response, poor e-h recombination, low-PL emission, and lower optical absorption. Flux zone technique is a halide free technique used for synthesizing truly semiconductor grade vdW crystals. This method distinguishes itself from chemical vapor transport (CVT) technique in the following regard: CVT is a quick (~2 weeks) growth method but exhibits poor crystalline quality and the defect concentration reaches to 1E11 to 1E12 cm-2 range. In contrast, flux method takes long (~3 months) growth time, but ensures slow crystallization for perfect atomic structuring, and impurity free crystal growth with defect concentration as low as 1E9 - 1E10 cm-2. During check out just state which type of growth process is preferred. Unless otherwise stated, 2Dsemiconductors ships Flux zone crystals as a default choice.


Plasmons in the van der Waals charge-density-wave material 2H-TaSe2
Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 386 (2021)
Electrostatically Tunable Near-Infrared Plasmonic Resonances in Solution-Processed Atomically Thin NbSe2
Advanced Materials (2021) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101950
Additional Information
Elements: |
Nb,Se |
Element: |
Niobium |
Element: |
Selenium |
Formula: |
NbSe2 |
Material class: |
MX2 |
Material class: |
Dichalcogen |
Properties: |
Superconductor |
Properties: |
Semimetal |
Properties: |
CDW |
Growth method: |
Flux |
Growth method: |
CVT |
Doping: |
Undoped |