Review on tin (II) sulfide (SnS) material: synthesis, properties, and applications

N Koteeswara Reddy, M Devika… - Critical Reviews in Solid …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tin (II) sulphide (SnS), a direct band gap semiconductor compound, has recently received
great attention due to its unique properties. Because of low cost, absence of toxicity, and …

A review of tin (II) monosulfide and its potential as a photovoltaic absorber

RE Banai, MW Horn, JRS Brownson - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 2016 - Elsevier
Research groups around the world are investigating tin (II) monosulfide (SnS) via various
deposition methods and heterostructures for thin film solar cells. The maximum achieved …

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 …

Enhancing the efficiency of SnS solar cells via band-offset engineering with a zinc oxysulfide buffer layer

P Sinsermsuksakul, K Hartman, S Bok Kim… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
SnS is a promising earth-abundant material for photovoltaic applications. Heterojuction solar
cells were made by vapor deposition of p-type tin (II) sulfide, SnS, and n-type zinc oxysulfide …

Band-structure, optical properties, and defect physics of the photovoltaic semiconductor SnS

J Vidal, S Lany, M d'Avezac, A Zunger… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
SnS is a potential earth-abundant photovoltaic (PV) material. Employing both theory and
experiment to assess the PV relevant properties of SnS, we clarify on whether SnS has an …

[PDF][PDF] 3.88% efficient tin sulfide solar cells using congruent thermal evaporation

V Steinmann, R Jaramillo, K Hartman, R Chakraborty… - Adv. Mater, 2014 - academia.edu
The demand for low-cost and scalable renewable energy continues to spur research in thin-
film photovoltaics (PV), in particular those with chalcogenide semiconductor absorbers …

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 …

Development of sulphurized SnS thin film solar cells

VRM Reddy, S Gedi, C Park, RW Miles, RR KT - Current Applied Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
Thin films of tin sulphide (SnS) have been grown by sulphurization of sputtered tin precursor
layers in a closed chamber. The effect of sulphurization temperature (T s) that varied in the …

Co-evaporated SnS thin films for visible light photodetector applications

TS Reddy, MCS Kumar - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
SnS thin films with different thicknesses have been deposited on glass substrates at a
substrate temperature of 300° C. The influence of thickness on structural, morphological …

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 …