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Impact of multiple cations doping on Zn–Sn–Se nanostructures for optoelectronic applications

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The ever evolving of electronic devices and systems has prompted companies in the electronic industry sector to urge researchers to explore novel optoelectronic materials of excellent quality and acceptable prices in line with the requirements of the modern era. In this scene, a pure ternary Zn–Sn–Se nanocomposite was fabricated and characterized. The doping and co-doping with metal cations such as Ca2+, Mn2+, and Cr3+, namely Ca-ZTSe, Ca/Mn-ZTSe, and Ca/Mn/Cr-doped ZTSe have been implemented via solvothermal technique. The structural, functional, and morphological features were fully characterized by XRD, FESEM/EDS, HRTEM, FTIR, and XPS. Collected data of XRD resembled a solid solution of two mixed phases (cubic ZnSe and trigonal SnSe2) in all nanomaterials, and a significant drop in particle size was detected in the doped ZTSe nanomaterials. FTIR studies revealed that doping of ZTSe with single Ca2+ or triple Ca2+/Mn2+/Cr3+ exhibits a strong intensification in the octahedral band, while the double Ca2+/Mn2+ doping leads to a significant quenching in the octahedral band suggesting the localization of Ca2+/Mn2+ into the tetrahedral site in the ZTSe lattice. Pristine ZTSe particles appeared as microspheres dispersed between the layers of SnSe2. The main electronic bandgap values of pure ZTSe were increased from 1.70 to 1.83 eV accompanied by a pronounced diminution in particle size and lattice distortion with increasing doping number. Although the pure ZTSe sample exhibited six peaks at the visible region (470, 498, 557, 626, 696, and 717 nm), and two peaks (775, and 830 nm) in the infra-red region, ternary cations-doped ZTSe displayed the best photoluminescence characteristics for optoelectronic applications. Mott-Schottky measurements revealed a significant type of inversion behavior as a result of the triple-cations-doping effect.

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Eraky, M.S., Sanad, M.M.S. & Toghan, A. Impact of multiple cations doping on Zn–Sn–Se nanostructures for optoelectronic applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 265 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09716-2

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