Scalable and Universal Route for the Deposition of Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Metal Sulfide Materials from Molecular Precursors | Zendy

G. Murtaza | Zendy; Suliman A. Alderhami | Zendy; Yasser T. Alharbi | Zendy; Usama Zulfiqar | Zendy; Mousa Hossin | Zendy; Abdulaziz M. Alanazi | Zendy; Laila Almanqur | Zendy; Emmanuel Usman Onche | Zendy; Sai P. Venkateswaran | Zendy; David J. Lewis | Zendy

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Scalable and Universal Route for the Deposition of Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Metal Sulfide Materials from Molecular Precursors

Author(s) -

G. Murtaza,

Suliman A. Alderhami,

Yasser T. Alharbi,

Usama Zulfiqar,

Mousa Hossin,

Abdulaziz M. Alanazi,

Laila Almanqur,

Emmanuel Usman Onche,

Sai P. Venkateswaran,

David J. Lewis

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

acs applied energy materials

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.833

H-Index - 36

ISSN - 2574-0962

DOI - 10.1021/acsaem.9b02359

Subject(s) - materials science , chalcogenide , raman spectroscopy , crystallite , ternary operation , sulfide , chemical engineering , elemental analysis , energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy , spectroscopy , scanning electron microscope , analytical chemistry (journal) , inorganic chemistry , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , optics , programming language , engineering

A range of binary, ternary (CFS), and quaternary (CZTS) metal sulfide materials have been successfully deposited onto the glass substrates by air-spray deposition of metal diethyldithiocarbamate molecular precursors followed by pyrolysis (18 examples). The as-deposited materials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (p-XRD), Raman spectroscopy, secondary electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, which in all cases showed that the materials were polycrystalline with the expected elemental stoichiometry. In the case of the higher sulfides, EDX spectroscopy mapping demonstrated the spatial homogeneity of the elemental distributions at the microscale. By using this simple and inexpensive method, we could potentially fabricate thin films of any given main group or transition metal chalcogenide material over large areas, theoretically on substrates with complex topologies.

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