Alternative Lone‐Pair ns2‐Cation‐Based Semiconductors beyond Lead Halide Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications

T Li, S Luo, X Wang, L Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lead halide perovskites have emerged in the last decade as advantageous high‐
performance optoelectronic semiconductors, and have undergone rapid development for …

Achieving over 4% efficiency for SnS/CdS thin-film solar cells by improving the heterojunction interface quality

JY Cho, SY Kim, R Nandi, J Jang, HS Yun… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The highest efficiency of 4.225% for vapor-transport-deposited (VTD) SnS absorber/CdS
heterojunction solar cells with good long-term stability over two years is reported. These …

Effect of copper doping on plasmonic nanofilms for high performance photovoltaic energy applications

GH Tariq, G Asghar, MS Shifa… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the current era, alternative but environment-friendly sources of energy have gained
attention to meet the growing energy demands. In particular, the focus of research has been …

The n-type and p-type conductivity mechanisms of the bulk BiOCl photocatalyst from hybrid density functional theory calculations

B Kong, T Zeng, W Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, the n-type and p-type conductivity mechanisms of bulk BiOCl are systematically
investigated using first-principles calculations. Under the O-rich growth conditions, BiOCl …

Defect pairing in Fe-doped SnS van der Waals crystals: a photoemission and scanning tunneling microscopy study

D Yesilpinar, M Vondráček, P Čermák, H Mönig… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate the effect of low concentrations of iron on the physical properties of SnS van
der Waals crystals grown from the melt. By means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) …

Hydrogen‐Induced Conversion of SnS2 into SnS or Sn: A Route to Create SnS2/SnS Heterostructures

J Felton, E Blundo, Z Kudrynskyi, S Ling, J Bradford… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The family of van der Waals (vdW) materials is large and diverse with applications ranging
from electronics and optoelectronics to catalysis and chemical storage. However, despite …

-type electrical conduction in SnS thin films

I Suzuki, S Kawanishi, SR Bauers, A Zakutayev… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Tin monosulfide (SnS) usually exhibits p-type conduction due to the low formation enthalpy
of acceptor-type defects, and as a result, n-type SnS thin films have never been obtained. In …

Revolutionizing energy evolution: SnS-Sn2S3 layered structures as exceptional electrocatalytic materials for H2 and O2 generation

RK Mishra, GJ Choi, R Verma, SH Jin… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we prepared the SnS-Sn 2 S 3 layered structure using the in-situ solvothermal
method for hydrogen evolution (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). XRD and …

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Defects in Layered Nitride Semiconductor SrTiN2

X He, Z Xiao, T Katase, K Ide, H Hosono… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
SrTiN2 is expected to exhibit unique carrier transport properties since it has a two-
dimensional (2D) electron transport layer in its natural layered crystal structure, and its …

Electrochemical performance of SnS-SnS2@ CNTs composites as anode materials for Sodium ion batteries

Q Li, S Wang, Y Wang, H Ma, J Du, X He, N Huang… - Materials Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Tin sulfide based materials are attracting attention because of excellent performance as
SIBs anode. However, SnS and SnS 2 suffer from severe capacity degradation during the …