“…For example, hexagonal selenium has high photoconductivity ( e . g ., 8 × 10 4 S cm −1 ) (Chen et al, 2009 ), a low melting point (217°C) (Chen et al, 2009 ), non-linear optical properties due to its anisotropic crystal structure (Steichen and Dale, 2011 ), high piezoelectricity ( )(Mayers et al, 2003 ), catalytic activity toward organic hydration and oxidation reactions (Xiong et al, 2006 ), and high reactivity leading to so many functional materials including Ag 2 Se (Tian et al, 2017 ), CdSe (Jeong et al, 2005 ; Sobhani and Salavati-Niasari, 2014 ), ZnSe (Zhang et al, 2016 ), PbSe (Salavati-Niasari et al, 2013 ), SnSe (Zhao et al, 2014 ), and NiSe (Salavati-Niasari and Sobhani, 2013 ; Hussain and Hussain, 2019 ). Such properties make Se a promising candidate for applications in photocells, photographic exposure meters, solar cells, semiconducting rectifiers, xerographic copying machines (Zhu and Hu, 2004 ), gas sensors (Norio and Tsukio, 2011 ) and Li-Se batteries (Gu et al, 2018 ).…”