Template-mediated growth of Cu3SnS4 nanoshell tubes

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

“…From the positions of the core levels measured for various elements one may derive some information on the normal valence states for Cu 3 SnS 4 are Cu 2 + Cu 2+ Sn 4+ S 2 4 À (I 2 -II-IV-VI 4 ), which are similar to those reported for nanocrystallites and nanoshell tubes for the same thin film prepared by the solvothermal process. [1,2] Section I: Basic and Applied Research…”

“…The chalcogen family members often form ternary or quaternary compounds that can be represented by the general group formulae: I 2 -IV-VI 3 for Cu 2 SnX 3 or I 3 -II-IV-VI 4 for Cu 3 SnX 4 [1,2] and Cu 2 ZnSnX 4 [3,4] (X = S, Se, Te). The Cu-Sn-S ternary system is a representative system which, with or without additives such as Zn, exhibits such compound-forming behavior with compounds based on this system being the focus of recently growing interest.…”

“…These compounds have been prepared by various techniques such as conventional reaction, [8][9][10] solvothermal processes, [1,2,11,12] evaporation, [4,13] and co-evaporation. [13,14] Dry approaches such as spray pyrolysis techniques have not been extensively applied.…”

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

“…To the best of our knowledge, there are not many reports on the synthesis of Cu 3 SnS 4 with different morphologies. Among them, Hu et al [7] reported that Cu 3 SnS 4 nanoshell tubes have been successfully prepared by solvothermal method at 200°C for 12 h. Lin et al have estimated optical energy gap of Cu 3 SnS 4 nanocrystals to be 1.43 eV, the optimal value for solar energy converters [8]. Furthermore, the optical band gap of three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical flower-like Cu 3 SnS 4 microspheres was evaluated to be 1.38 eV by Chen et al [9] who stated the potential application in solar energy conversion and photocatalysis.…”

A study of ternary Cu2SnS3 and Cu3SnS4 thin films prepared by sulfurizing stacked metal precursors

“…These compounds were grown by conventional solidstate reaction. Nanostructures, such as nanotubes and nanorods, were grown and characterized by H. Hu et al [8] and Y. Xiong et al [9], respectively. Both works used solvothermal growth routes and the chalcogenide compounds were Cu 3 SnS 4 with the tetragonal structure.…”