“…As a preface, it is worth noting that H 2 Se was recently detected (and implicated in) the traditional synthesis of widely used CdSe QDs by the reaction of Cd(II) carboxylates with triorganophosphine selenides R 3 PSe above 270 °C . In a more direct fashion, gaseous H 2 Se can be introduced as the selenium atom source to synthesize a wide range of different semiconducting selenides, including: the workhorse nanomaterial CdSe, ,− ZnSe, , In 2 Se 3 , , SnSe 2 , GeSe, the high-performing sodium-battery anode materials FeSe 2 and CoSe 2 , WSe, , EuSe, the tertiary selenides ZnSe x Te 1− x and CuInSe 2 , and the efficient solar cell materials Cu 2 ZnSnSSe 4 , and Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) . A related, and quite interesting, reaction is the high temperature formation of H 2 Se via hydrogen transfer between tetrahydronaphthalene and Se; the resulting H 2 Se gas is then reacted in situ with lead stearate to form PbSe .…”