Facile Bulk Synthesis of π-Cubic SnS
Author(s) -
Joachim Breternitz,
René Gunder,
Hannes Hempel,
Silvia Binet,
Ibbi Y. Ahmet,
Susan Schorr
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 233
eISSN - 1520-510X
pISSN - 0020-1669
DOI - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01623
Subject(s) - chemistry , metastability , tin , band gap , characterization (materials science) , thermal stability , sulfide , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , physics , materials science , engineering
The cubic modification of binary tin sulfide (SnS) has gained significant interest as an earth-abundant, low-toxicity solar absorber material with a band gap close to the optimal value for the conversion of sunlight. We herein report a simple synthesis for the metastable material, which will allow more elaborate characterization methods to be used on this material, and present a full powder refinement of the material along with some preliminary results on the optical and thermal stability properties.
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