Chemical bath deposition of thin nanocrystalline tin(II) sulfide films with thioacetamide


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Nanocrystalline tin(II) sulfide layers 100–650 nm thick were prepared by hydrochemical deposition on glass–ceramic supports from a citrate system at 323−343 K using thioacetamide as chalcogenizing agent. These films are of interest for the development of thin-film solar radiation converters based on the multicomponent compound Cu2ZnSnS4 of kesterite structure, prepared using a cost-saving process. Examination by scanning electron microscopy shows that tin(II) sulfide layers are formed from spherical nanocrystallites of 20–40 nm size. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that they crystallize in the orthorhombic system with the unit cell parameters a = 4.276, b = 11.243, and c = 3.986 Å. Analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the presence of up to 44.86 at. % oxygen in the surface layer of the film. This oxygen is mainly present in surface contaminants and is also incorporated in SnO present on the surface.

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S. S. Tulenin

Ural Federal University after name the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Email: mln@ural.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002

A. A. Timina

Ural Federal University after name the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Email: mln@ural.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002

L. N. Maskaeva

Ural Federal University after name the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin; Ural Institute of State Firefighting Service

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Email: mln@ural.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002; ul. Mira 22, Yekaterinburg, 620137

V. F. Markov

Ural Federal University after name the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin; Ural Institute of State Firefighting Service

Email: mln@ural.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002; ul. Mira 22, Yekaterinburg, 620137

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