Tin Telluride (SnTe)
Publish Time: 2020-08-07 Origin: Site
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
Crystal structure：Halite (cubic), cF8
Tin(II) telluride is used as detector material for photodiodes in infrared used spectral range.