Tin Telluride (SnTe)-Pieces

Characteristic

 

Tin telluride is a compound of tin and tellurium (SnTe); is a IV-VI narrow band gap semiconductor and has direct band gap of 0.18 eV.




Chemical formula：SnTe

Molar mass：246.31 g/mol

Appearance：gray cubic crystals

Density：6.445 g/cm3 

Melting point：790 °C (1,450 °F; 1,060 K)

Band gap：0.18 eV

Electron mobility：500 cm2 V−1 s−1

Crystal structure：Halite (cubic), cF8

 


Application

 

Tin(II) telluride is used as detector material for photodiodes in infrared used spectral range.