A review on binary metal sulfide heterojunction solar cells

DG Moon, S Rehan, DH Yeon, SM Lee, SJ Park… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal sulfides have been the subject of extensive research owing to their electro-optical
properties that are suitable for photovoltaic applications. In particular, low-cost binary metal …

Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structure of Single-Crystal SnS, Sn2S3, and SnS2

LA Burton, D Colombara, RD Abellon… - Chemistry of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Tin sulfide is being widely investigated as an earth-abundant light harvesting material, but
recorded efficiencies for SnS fall far below theoretical limits. We describe the synthesis and …

Band Alignments, Valence Bands, and Core Levels in the Tin Sulfides SnS, SnS2, and Sn2S3: Experiment and Theory

TJ Whittles, LA Burton, JM Skelton, A Walsh… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Tin sulfide solar cells show relatively poor efficiencies despite attractive photovoltaic
properties, and there is difficulty in identifying separate phases, which are also known to …

Fundamental aspects and comprehensive review on physical properties of chemically grown tin-based binary sulfides

S Gedi, VR Minnam Reddy, TRR Kotte, C Park, WK Kim - nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rapid research progress in tin-based binary sulfides (SnxSy= o-SnS, c-SnS, SnS2, and
Sn2S3) by the solution process has opened a new path not only for photovoltaics to …

SnS-based thin film solar cells: perspectives over the last 25 years

JA Andrade-Arvizu, M Courel-Piedrahita… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - Springer
New types of thin film solar cells made from earth-abundant, non-toxic materials and with
adequate physical properties such as band-gap energy, large absorption coefficient and p …

Electronic Structure and Defect Physics of Tin Sulfides: SnS, , and

Y Kumagai, LA Burton, A Walsh, F Oba - Physical Review Applied, 2016 - APS
The tin sulfides SnS, Sn 2 S 3, and Sn S 2 are investigated for a wide variety of applications
such as photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, two-dimensional electronic devices, Li ion battery …

A highly sensitive flexible SnS thin film photodetector in the ultraviolet to near infrared prepared by chemical bath deposition

MS Mahdi, K Ibrahim, A Hmood, NM Ahmed… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study involves a novel fabrication of a high performance, low cost and flexible (SnS
nanoflake based) photodetector on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate by using …

Dislocations and crystallite size distribution of cadmium oxide thin films synthesized by spray pyrolysis technique

L Mohamed, M Noureddine, B Mokhtar… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cadmium oxide (CdO) thin films have been successfully deposited on amorphous glass
substrates by spray pyrolysis technique at a temperature, 573° K using aqueous solution of …

Single Phase Formation of SnS Competing with SnS2 and Sn2S3 for Photovoltaic Applications: Optoelectronic Characteristics of Thin-Film Surfaces and Interfaces

J Kim, J Kim, S Yoon, J Kang, CW Jeon… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tin monosulfide (SnS) is one of the most promising binary compounds for thin-film solar
cells owing to its suitable optical properties and abundance in nature. However, in solar …

The effect of in-situ and post deposition annealing towards the structural optimization studies of RF sputtered SnS and Sn2S3 thin films for solar cell application

BH Baby, DB Mohan - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Optimization studies towards the formation of single phase orthorhombic SnS and Sn 2 S 3
thin films are independently achieved using SnS target in RF magnetron sputtering by …