Effect of Cu/Sn Concentration Ratio on the Phase Equilibrium-Related Properties of Cu-Sn-S Sprayed Materials

Bouaziz, Mouna Chelli; Boubaker, K.; Amlouk, M.; Belgacem, S.

doi:10.1007/s11669-010-9783-8

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“…The microcrystallites diameters are ranging between 200 and 600 nm depending on drying temperature. Similar microcrystallites sizes (200-500 nm) were observed on surface samples grown using spray pyrolysis [38]. The observation was related to the possible vaporization of small drops during film growth.…”

Section: Morphological Propertiessupporting

confidence: 74%

Effect of drying temperature on the structural and optical characteristics of Cu2SnS3 thin films synthesized by simple spin coating technique

Rabaoui

Dahman

Dekhil

et al. 2015

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron

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Thin films of Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) were successfully prepared, by sol-gel spin coating technique on glass substrates. In this work, the effect of drying temperature on structural, morphological and optical characteristics is investigated. The X-ray diffraction patterns of the samples proved the polycrystalline nature and the formation of pure tetragonal Cu 2 SnS 3 structure with (112) preferential orientation. The AFM and SEM images revealed that the CTS films have continuous and dense morphology. The average crystallite sizes calculated using the Debye-Scherrer formula increased from 3 to 6 nm and the direct optical band gap increased from 1.10 to 1.34 eV with increasing drying temperature from 150 to 300°C. We found that by increasing the drying temperature, the sheet resistance decreased from 500 to 320 X. This makes the material as a good candidate for low cost and friendly environment thin film solar cells.

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Section: Morphological Propertiessupporting

confidence: 74%

Effect of drying temperature on the structural and optical characteristics of Cu2SnS3 thin films synthesized by simple spin coating technique

Rabaoui

Dahman

Dekhil

et al. 2015

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron

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“…The microcrystallites diameters are ranging between 200 and 600 nm depending on drying time. Similar microcrystallites sizes (200-500 nm) were observed on surface samples grown using spray pyrolysis [63]. The observation was related to the possible vaporization of small drops during film growth.…”

Section: Microstructure Analysissupporting

confidence: 74%

Cu2SnS3 thin films deposited by spin coating route: a promise candidate for low cost, safe and flexible solar cells

Dahman

Mır

2015

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron

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Thin films of Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) was successfully grown on glass substrates by sol-gel spin coating technique. In this work, the effect of drying time on structural, morphological and optical characteristics is investigated while drying temperature was kept at 300°C. The samples were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy and four probe analysis. The XRD patterns of the samples proved the polycrystalline nature and the formation of pure cubic Cu 2 SnS 3 structure with (111) preferential orientation. No peak referring to other binary or ternary phases were detected in the patterns. The average crystallite sizes calculated using the DebyeScherrer formula was about 7.5 nm. The AFM and SEM images revealed that the CTS films have continuous and dense morphology. The films roughness increases from 8 to 68 nm with increasing drying time from 2 to 10 min. The thin films absorption coefficients were in the range 0.66 9 10 5 -1.38 9 10 5 cm -1 at 2.14 eV. We found that by increasing the drying time, the sheet resistance increased from 22 to 574 kX and the direct optical band gap increased from 1.19 to 1.65 eV. The synthesised material seems to be a good candidate for flexible, cheap and friendly environment solar cells applications.

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“…No evidence of Sn 2+ (binding energy at 485.2 eV) was detected in the spectra. The S 2p core level spectrum indicates the binding energy at 161.8 eV for MR and 161.7 eV for CR [7,8,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Furthermore, additional peaks were detected (MR = 169.1 eV, CR = 168.8 eV) and seemed to be from the oxidized parts of the product during the synthesis.…”

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Effect of microwave radiation on the morphology of tetragonal Cu3SnS4 synthesized by refluxing method

Tipcompor

Thongtem

2015

Superlattices and Microstructures

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Effect of Cu/Sn Concentration Ratio on the Phase Equilibrium-Related Properties of Cu-Sn-S Sprayed Materials

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

Effect of drying temperature on the structural and optical characteristics of Cu2SnS3 thin films synthesized by simple spin coating technique

Effect of drying temperature on the structural and optical characteristics of Cu2SnS3 thin films synthesized by simple spin coating technique

Cu2SnS3 thin films deposited by spin coating route: a promise candidate for low cost, safe and flexible solar cells

Effect of microwave radiation on the morphology of tetragonal Cu3SnS4 synthesized by refluxing method

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