Revealing the Anisotropic Structural and Electrical Stabilities of 2D SnSe under Harsh Environments: Alkaline Environment and Mechanical Strain
Revealing the Anisotropic Structural and Electrical Stabilities of 2D SnSe under Harsh Environments: Alkaline Environment and Mechanical Strain
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揭示二维 SnSe 在恶劣环境下的各向异性结构和电稳定性：碱性环境和机械应变
DOI：
10.1021/acsami.1c22963
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发表时间：
2022-02-10
影响因子：
9.5
通讯作者：
Shan, Chongxin
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作者：
Zhang, Leilei;Li, Xing;Shan, Chongxin
As a promising thermoelectric and semiconducting material, the stability of two-dimensional tin selenide (SnSe) under harsh environments is significant for its practical applications. Here, focusing on the key procedures in the device fabrication process, we report the anisotropic structural and electrical stabilities of SnSe under an alkaline environment and mechanical strain. Due to the anisotropic mechanical properties, the SnSe flakes can naturally form long-straight {011} edge planes during the mechanical exfoliation process. Such a cleavage tendency provides an effective crystal orientation identification method to uncover the orientation-dependent properties. We find that the single-crystalline SnSe flakes experience an anisotropic degradation process with the preferable {011} dissolution planes in the alkaline environment and can be gradually transformed to be polycrystalline consisting of SnSe2, Sn, and Se nanocrystals. SnSe flakes present an anisotropic electromechanical response with a gauge factor value that reaches similar to-460 under the uniaxial strain along the < 011 > directions. Our revealed structural and electrical stability of SnSe under harsh environments can provide guidance for the device design, fabrication, and performance evaluation.
