Crystalline behaviour of SnS layers produced by sulfurization of Sn films using H2S

Kotte Ramakrishna Reddy; Vasudeva Reddy Minnam Reddy; Mark Leach; Kian Tan; Dongyoung Jang; Robert Miles

doi:10.1063/1.4710200

Crystalline behaviour of SnS layers produced by sulfurization of Sn films using H2S

Kotte Ramakrishna Reddy, Vasudeva Reddy Minnam Reddy, Mark Leach, Kian Tan, Dongyoung Jang, Robert Miles

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Tin sulfide (SnS) is receiving increasing interest for its potential application as an absorber layer in thin film solar cells. In this work, a novel method for the formation of SnS layers on soda-lime glass substrates was investigated. The layers were formed by first sputtering tin onto glass followed by annealing in a 5% H2S and Ar gas environment over the temperature range of 300-450°C for 2 hours. The structural properties of the layers synthesized, including the crystal structure, phases present, crystallite size, strain and dislocation density are reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	709-710
Journal	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1447
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4710200
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Department of Atomic Energy - Solid State Physics Symposium - SRM University, Tamilnadu, India Duration: 1 Dec 2011 → … http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/index.php

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Keywords

annealing
crystal structure
crystallites
dislocation density
IV-VI semiconductors
semiconductor growth
semiconductor thin films
solar cells
sputter deposition
thin film devices
tin compounds

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