Review on Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films and their photovoltaic performance

VRM Reddy, MR Pallavolu, PR Guddeti, S Gedi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid progress on the Cu–Sn–S (Cu 2 SnS 3, Cu 3 SnS 4, and Cu 4 SnS 4) solar cells
has opened a new avenue to generate the electrical energy at ultra-low-cost. Therefore, the …

Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells using pulsed laser deposition technique

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, AS Kamble… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ternary chalcogenide semiconductor Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) is an emerging material,
attracting increasing interest for the applications in thin film solar cells. Here we report a …

High efficient photocatalytic activity from nanostructuralized photonic crystal-like pn coaxial hetero-junction film photocatalyst of Cu3SnS4/TiO2 nanotube arrays

Y Li, FT Liu, Y Chang, J Wang, CW Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Structuring the materials in the form of photonic crystals is a new strategy for photocatalytic
applications. Herein, a new concept of photonic crystal-induced pn coaxial heterojunction …

Evolution of Cu2ZnSnS4 during Non-Equilibrium Annealing with Quasi-in Situ Monitoring of Sulfur Partial Pressure

Y Ren, N Ross, JK Larsen, K Rudisch… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Chalcogen-based materials like Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) have attracted extensive attention for
applications such as photovoltaics and water splitting. However, an inability to monitor the …

Raman spectroscopy of Cu-Sn-S ternary compound thin films prepared by the low-cost spray-pyrolysis technique

VV Brus, IS Babichuk, IG Orletskyi, PD Maryanchuk… - Applied …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Cu-Sn-S (CTS) thin films were deposited onto bare and molybdenum (Mo) coated glass
substrates by means of the spray pyrolysis technique under different conditions. The CTS …

Influence of deposition temperature on the structural, morphological, optical and photoelectrochemical properties of CBD deposited Cu2SnS3 thin films

HD Shelke, AC Lokhande, JH Kim… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films are deposited onto conducting stainless steel (SS)
substrates using a low-cost chemical bath deposition method. The influence of deposition …

Synthesis of Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films by sulfurization of SnS-Cu layers at a selected temperature and/or Cu layers thickness

D Avellaneda, A Paul, S Shaji, B Krishnan - Journal of Solid State …, 2022 - Elsevier
Three phases of the ternary Cu-Sn-S system were synthesized using thin films of chemical
bath deposited tin sulfide (SnS) and thermally evaporated copper. Cu layers with different …

Influence of composition and annealing on the characteristics of Cu2SnS3 thin films grown by cosputtering at room temperature

R Bodeux, J Leguay, S Delbos - Thin Solid Films, 2015 - Elsevier
This work aims to study the tolerance of Cu 2 SnS 3 to both Cu-poor and Cu-rich
stoichiometries. For this purpose, films were synthesized by RF magnetron sputtering of Cu …

Optoelectrical and structural characterization of Cu2SnS3 thin films grown via spray pyrolysis using stable molecular ink

M Heidariramsheh, S Gharabeiki, SM Mahdavi… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focused on the spray pyrolysis deposition of Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films using a
stable basic solution. The effect of the most important parameters including the substrate …

Influence of solvent in solvothermal synthesis of Cu3SnS4: morphology and band gap dependant electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and photocatalytic dye …

V Maheskumar, T Selvaraju, B Vidhya - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 3 SnS 4 (CTS) with various morphologies have been synthesized via
solvothethermal method. The influence of different solvents such as deionized water (CTS …