Advances in synthesis, properties and emerging applications of tin sulfides and its heterostructures

P Shinde, CS Rout - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The tin sulfide (SnxSy) class of materials has attracted tremendous research interest in
recent years owing to their intriguing physicochemical properties. Their inimitable optical …

Rear band gap grading strategies on sn–ge-alloyed kesterite solar cells

J Andrade-Arvizu, R Fonoll-Rubio… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Kesterite solar cells are at a crossroads, and a significant breakthrough in performance is
needed for this technology to stay relevant in the upcoming years. In this work, we propose …

Stability of Cu2ZnSnSe4/CdS heterojunction based solar cells under soft post-deposition thermal treatments

F Atlan, I Becerril-Romero, S Giraldo, V Rotaru… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal stability of the Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe) absorber and CdS buffer layers in
SLG/Mo/CZTSe/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO devices is explored by performing a series of soft (∼ 200° C) …

Combinatorial Analysis Methodologies for Accelerated Research: The Case of Chalcogenide Thin‐Film Photovoltaic Technologies

R Fonoll-Rubio, I Becerril-Romero, P Vidal-Fuentes… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One of the fastest ways for the discovery, understanding, development, and further
optimization of new complex materials is the application of combinatorial analysis …

Raman mapping of MoS2 at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface in thin film

IS Babichuk, MO Semenenko, R Caballero… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film deposited on Mo contact film using direct current
magnetron sputtering and sulfurized is studied. The morphological and structural …

Prebaking of an SnS source with sulfur for achieving higher photovoltaic performance in VTD-SnS thin films for solar cells

RK Yadav, PS Pawar, YT Kim, I Sharma… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Given its preeminent photovoltaic properties, tin sulfide (SnS) has attracted remarkable
interest and has been explored as an absorber for thin-film solar cells in the last few …

Role of substrate temperature on spray pyrolysed metastable π-SnS thin films

K Jeganath, NJ Choudhari, GS Pai, A Rao… - Materials Science in …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis of π-SnS thin films using a pneumatic chemical spray pyrolysis
technique. The substrate temperature was varied in the range 300–400° C to optimise the …

Chemical epitaxy of π-phase cubic tin monosulphide

RE Abutbul, Y Golan - CrystEngComm, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thin films of tin monosulfide were chemically deposited on GaAs substrates and on GaAs
with intermediate PbS layers. GaAs surface treatments with alkaline solutions containing …

Synthesis of In-Plane Oriented Tin Sulfides by Organosulfur-Mediated Sulfurization of Ultrathin SnO2 Films

B Chatmaneerungcharoen, M Fraccaroli… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have received great attention over the past
decade due to their wide range of optoelectronic properties and intrinsic compatibility with …

Symmetric strain-and temperature-dependent optoelectronics performance of TiO2/SnS/Ag solar cells

M Cheraghizade, F Jamali-Sheini - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021 - Elsevier
Working temperature-dependent photovoltaic and optoelectronic properties of FTO/TiO
2/SnS/Ag solar cell are presented using the Raman spectroscopy and electrical …