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Thickness Dependent Spectroscopic Studies in 2D PtSe2
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are emerging to be an exciting class of 2D materials apart from graphene or hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). They are a class of layered materials that exhibit inspiring properties which are worth exploring, among them PtSe2 is fairly a new addition. Although bulk PtSe2 was first synthesized more than a century ago, the study of its layer-dependent properties is still at a nascent stage. The monolayer of PtSe2 exhibits a band gap between 1.2 and 1.8 eV, the band gap starts to decrease with an increase in the number of layers thus transforming into semimetal type. Among all other 2D materials it shows the highest electron mobility of about 3000 cm2 V−1 s−1 and unlike other TMDCs, it is strikingly stable in ambient conditions. Owing to its stability and tunable properties, it has great potential in the fields of optoelectronics, spintronics, sensorics, and many more. In this book chapter, we report the thickness dependent spectroscopic properties of mechanically exfoliated PtSe2. We have explored low temperature Raman spectroscopy as well as polarized Raman spectroscopy to study in detail the vibrational properties of PtSe2. Raman spectroscopy is also employed to determine its thermal conductivity. We hope that this work will provide a fresh overview of PtSe2 from a spectroscopic perspective.
Part of the book: Chalcogenides