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Size	Product code	Size description*	Quantity (EA)	Price
Small	M2145A10	>10 mm2	1	£395.00
Medium	M2145A25	>25 mm2	1	£636.00

*typical representative size, areas/dimensions may vary

General Information

CAS number	12039-55-3
Chemical formula	TaSe2
Molecular weight	338.87 g/mol
Bandgap	n/a
Synonyms	Tantalum (IV) selenide, Bis(selanylidene)tantalum
Classification / Family	Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), 2D charge density wave (CDW) materials, Nano-electronics, Nano-photonics, Superconductivity, Photovoltaic, Materials science

Product Details

Form	Single Crystal
Preparation	Synthetic - Chemical Vapour Transport (CVT)
Purity	≥ 99.999%
Structure	‎Hexagonal (2H)
Electronic properties	2D CDW materials
Melting point	> 1,300 °C
Appearance	Dark brown

General Description

Tantalum diselenide (TaSe₂) is a family member of Group VB transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Group VB is one of the most heavily-studied group of TMDCs due to their diverse permutations of stable compounds and electronic behaviour.

2H-TaSe₂ is a metal (or semi-metal) with no band gap. The crystal structures of TaSe₂ contain Ta in trigonal prismatic coordination within Se-Ta-Se layers. The weak interlayer van der Waals (vdW) bonding leads to various TaSe₂ polytypes, which differ simply in the relative orientations of the layers and their stacking arrangements.

1T-TaSe₂, however, is metallic in the bulk structure but insulating in a single-layer. It has thickness- and temperature-dependent properties in the commensurate charge density wave (CCDW) accompanied by a periodic lattice distortion (PLD).

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Applications

Devices with nanometer-scale thicknesses strongly exhibit non-linear current-voltage characteristics, unusual optical response, and electrical gating at room temperature. In principle, such current-voltage characteristics can be used for implementing radiation-hard, all-metallic logic circuits.

Synthesis 

Tantalum diselenide is manufactured using chemical vapour transport (CVT) crystallisation, with crystals having a purity in excess of 99.999%.

Usage

Tantalum diselenide single crystals can be used to prepare monolayer and few-layer TaSe₂ by mechanical or liquid exfoliation.

Literature and Reviews

1. All-metallic electrically gated 2H-TaSe2 thin-film switches and logic circuits, J. Renteria et al., J. Appl. Phys., 115, 034305 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4862336.
2. Phonon and thermal properties of exfoliated TaSe2 thin films, Z. Yan et al.,J. Appl. Phys., 114, 204301 (2013); 10.1063/1.4833250.
3. Observation of charge density waves in free-standing 1T-TaSe2 monolayers by transmission electron microscopy, P. C. Börner et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 173103 (2018); doi: 10.1063/1.5052722.
4. Persistent Charge-Density-Wave Order in Single-Layer TaSe2, H. Ryu et al., Nano Lett., 18, 689−694 (2018); DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03264.
5. Selective Fabrication of Mott-Insulating and Metallic Monolayer TaSe2, Y. Nakata et al., ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 1, 1456−1460 (2018); DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b00184.
6. Fast and reliable identification of atomically thin layers of TaSe2 crystals, A. Castellanos-Gomez et al., Nano Res., 6(3): 191–199 (2013); DOI 10.1007/s12274-013-0295-9.
7. Broken hexagonal symmetry in the locked-in state of 2Ha-TaSe2 and the discommensurate microstructure of its incommensurate CDW states, J. Phys. C: Solid State Phys., 14, 5417-5432 (1981), doi: 10.1088/0022-3719/14/35/004.
8. Mechanical Exfoliation and Characterization of Single and Few-Layer Nanosheets of WSe2 , TaS2 , and TaSe2, H. Li et al., small, 9, 11, 1974–1981 (2013); DOI: 10.1002/smll.201202919.

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