Precursor chemistry for main group elements in semiconducting materials

MA Malik, M Afzaal, P O'Brien - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The birth of the modern electronics industry can be traced to the invention of the first
transistor by Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen at Bell Laboratories in 1948. This transistor …

Solution based CVD of main group materials

CE Knapp, CJ Carmalt - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review focuses on the solution based chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of main
group materials with particular emphasis on their current and potential applications …

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 …

Atomic layer deposition of tin monosulfide thin films

P Sinsermsuksakul, J Heo, W Noh… - Advanced Energy …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Thin film solar cells made from earth‐abundant, non‐toxic materials are needed to replace
the current technology that uses Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 and CdTe, which contain scarce and …

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 …

On the formation mechanisms of Zn-rich Cu2ZnSnS4 films prepared by sulfurization of metallic stacks

A Fairbrother, X Fontané, V Izquierdo-Roca… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
The future development of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) as an alternative absorber for low cost and
high efficiency thin film photovoltaic modules depends strongly on the understanding and …

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 …

Processing and applications of aerosol‐assisted chemical vapor deposition

X Hou, KL Choy - Chemical vapor deposition, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The aerosol‐assisted (AA) CVD method involves the atomization of a precursor solution into
fine, sub‐micrometer‐sized aerosol droplets which are delivered to a heated reaction zone …

Ultralarge single crystal SnS rectangular nanosheets

Y Zhang, J Lu, S Shen, H Xu, Q Wang - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Uniform ultralarge single crystal SnS rectangular nanosheets (7000 nm× 3000 nm× 20 nm)
have been synthesized by thermodecomposing a single-source precursor (Sn …

A comprehensive review on single source molecular precursors for nanometric group IV metal chalcogenides: Technologically important class of compound …

G Karmakar, A Tyagi, AY Shah - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Group IV metal chalcogenides (group IV MCs) have garnered significant attention from
scientific fraternity owing to their distinct structural features and interesting electronic …