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SnO2

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· SnO2

Tin dioxide (SnO2) is a wide-bandgap n-type semiconductor oxide widely used in gas sensing, optoelectronics, and transparent conducting applications. It is the material of choice for combustible gas detection (CO, methane, hydrogen) in industrial safety systems and consumer air quality monitors, and serves as a transparent electrode in displays and photovoltaic devices due to its optical transparency combined with electrical conductivity. SnO2 offers excellent chemical stability and lower processing temperatures than many alternatives, making it attractive for cost-sensitive mass production and integration into flexible electronics platforms.

gas sensors (combustible and toxic gases)transparent conductive electrodesLCD and OLED displaysphotovoltaic cellsair quality monitorscatalytic applications

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)2 entries	171.9	GPa	DFT
↳	186.1	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	76.45	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3000	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)2 entries	86.57	GPa	DFT
↳	99.07	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	6.732	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)3 entries	3.600	eV	Measured
↳	0.8950	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.385	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)3 entries	13.53	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	12.59	-	DFT · PBE
↳	8.650 range 4.746–12.55median of 2 measurements	-	DFT · PBEsol
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	4.664	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3.389	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	14.82	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.01010	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-1.786	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-1.995	eV/atom	Measured

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