Na2Ge2Se5

semiconductor

· Na2Ge2Se5

Na2Ge2Se5 is a quaternary chalcogenide semiconductor compound combining sodium, germanium, and selenium elements, belonging to the family of metal chalcogenides studied for infrared and photonic applications. This is primarily a research material rather than a commercialized engineering compound, investigated for its potential in infrared optics, solid-state detectors, and nonlinear optical devices due to the favorable bandgap and transmission properties characteristic of germanium-selenium-based systems. Engineers and researchers consider chalcogenide semiconductors like Na2Ge2Se5 when designing systems requiring transparency in the infrared region or enhanced photon-matter interactions where conventional semiconductors (Si, GaAs) are optically opaque.

infrared optics and windowsphotonic detectorsnonlinear optical devicesresearch-stage materialssolid-state radiation sensingmid-IR spectroscopy systems

Compliance & Regulations

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Units:

si imperial

Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1448	lb/in³	—

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	2.380	eV	—
↳	1.179	eV	—
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	—

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	—
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.6361	eV/atom	—

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Na2Ge2Se5

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