Improved characteristics for chemically grown Cu2SnS3 promising solar absorbers through the use of TritonX-100® surfactant

Yaşar, Sedat; Kahraman, S.; Çetinkaya, S.; Bilican, İsmail

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.196

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“…The lattice parameters values are in good agreement with those reported by Fernandes et al [23]. However they obtained grain sizes are comparable to those reported by Tiwari [24] and lower than those reported by Kahraman [25] and Yaşar [26] on samples synthesized by spin coating route. The evolution of the lattice parameters a calculated from the XRD for different drying temperature were studied.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Nevertheless, one can note that our synthesis protocol seems to be the simplest one to obtain pure CTS thin films. Indeed, Kharaman et al [25] Yaşar et al [26] used many steps including sulfurization one at 550°C, while Huan et al [36] baked the synthesized films, at 80°C for 5 min, then at 425°C for 2 min and finally at 600°C in sulfur atmosphere for 20 min.…”

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confidence: 99%

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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: Characterizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…However the obtained grain sizes are comparable to those reported by Tiwari [32] and lower than those reported by Kahraman [22] and Yaşar [23] on samples synthesized by spin coating route. Table 2 shows reported results on materials synthesized by several techniques.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Indeed, Kharaman et al [22], Yaşart et al [23] used many steps including sulfurization one at 550°C, while Huan et al [24] baked the synthesized films, at 80°C for 5 min, then at 425°C for 2 min and finally at 600°C in sulfur atmosphere for 20 min.…”

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“…Thin CTS films have been made using several techniques, spin coating [21][22][23][24], pulsed laser deposition from Cu 2 SnS 3 mulitcomponent targets [25]; doctor blade method [26] nano ink [27]; spray pyrolysis [28,30]; direct liquid coating [31,32]; sulfurizing Cu/Sn stacked precursors deposited on glass substrates by electron beam & H. Dahman h_dahman_2000@yahoo.com evaporation [33], sulfurizing, (Cu, Sn)S structured precursors prepared by successive ionic layer absorption and reaction (SILAR) [34,35]; annealing in sulphur atmosphere electrodeposited metals [18,36]; heat treatment of electrodeposited SnS-Cu layers [37], sulfurization of DC magnetron sputtered Sn-Cu stacks [38][39][40][41], direct evaporation of a synthesized Cu 2 SnS 3 powder [42], three steps method based on sulfurization of evaporated copper on sprayed SnS 2 film [43], sulfurization of a stack of vacuum-evaporated Cu and Sn films [44][45][46] route earlier used by Rezig and Dahman to prepare thin films of iron pyrite [47,48]. In this study, pure cubic structure Cu 2 SnS 3 films were grown by simple one-step spin coating technique from a single precursor's solution of Cu-Sn-thiourea complex.…”

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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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Chemical Processing of Cu2SnS3 Nanoparticles for Solar Cells

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Karade

Lokhande

et al. 2023

Chemically Deposited Metal Chalcogenide-Based Carbon Composites for Versatile Applications

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Improved characteristics for chemically grown Cu2SnS3 promising solar absorbers through the use of TritonX-100® surfactant

Cited by 28 publications

References 23 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

Chemical Processing of Cu2SnS3 Nanoparticles for Solar Cells

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