M. N. Abdel-Salam, N. Sabry, E. S. Yousef, E. R. Shaaban
{"title":"Effect of Cu ratios dopant on ZnSe thin films structural and optical properties","authors":"M. N. Abdel-Salam, N. Sabry, E. S. Yousef, E. R. Shaaban","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.759","url":null,"abstract":"This study focused to prepare poly-crystalline (ZnSe)1-x Cux thin films, where x values vary from 0 to 0.1 %. the effect of Cu ratios dopant on structural, phases and optical properties has been investigated. As prepared thin films were deposited onto a cleaning glass substrate under high vacuum conditions (10-7 mbr) at room temperature using the “ evaporation technique”. The analysis results according to data of the X-ray diffraction technique of all films refer to the growth polycrystalline with hexagonal wurtzite structure of Zn-Se with no presence of any further phases. The changes in numerous parameters such as volume of the unit cell, atomic packing factor, dislocation density, lattice constant and bond length with the Cu ratio were estimated and described. As well, the crystallite sizes,D, the lattice micro-strain,ε and dislocation density,δ have been calculated the results evidence that the micro-structural parameters enhancement with increment Cu atoms. On the other hand, the optical parameters of the as-synthesized films (ZnSe)1-xCux (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) were performed utilizing “UV–V is spectro -photometer” with a wavelength range of 300 to 2400 nm. The results show that as the Cu ratio increases, the absorption edge shifts to a higher wavelength and the optical band gap, Eg opt decreases from 2.63 eV to 2.52 eV. Finally, the behaviour of the optical constant parameters as real,εr/ imaginary, εi parts, dissipation factor,tan δ, volume/surface energy loss functions and dispersion parameters were shown to depend on the variation of the Cu ratio and wavelengths.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"2011 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Chalapathi, P. R. Prasad, C. P. Reddy, S. Sambasivam, P. Rosaiah, M. Ouladsmane, S. Alhammadi, S.M. Lee, S.H. Park
{"title":"Synthesis of wittichenite Cu3BiS3 thin films by sulfurizing thermally evaporated Cu-Bi metallic stacks","authors":"U. Chalapathi, P. R. Prasad, C. P. Reddy, S. Sambasivam, P. Rosaiah, M. Ouladsmane, S. Alhammadi, S.M. Lee, S.H. Park","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.797","url":null,"abstract":"Wittichenite Cu3BiS3 thin films have received significant interest as light harvesters owing to their suitable optoelectronic properties and presence of earth-abundant, and non-toxic elements. We have synthesized Cu3BiS3 thin films by a two-stage process; in which, Cu/Bi/Cu metallic stacks were thermally evaporated and then sulfurized at 400 o C for 10–60 min in a quartz tubular furnace. The influence of sulfurization time on the structural, microstructural, compositional, optical, and electrical properties of the films was investigated. The results revealed that the films were orthorhombic Cu3BiS3 with the following lattice parameters: a = 0.768 nm; b = 1.043 nm; and c = 0.674 nm. Films uniformity, compactness, and crystal grain size increased upon increasing the sulfurization duration. On increasing the sulfurization time, the elemental stoichiometry of the films improved, and the direct optical bandgap increased from 1.38 to 1.40 eV. Additionally, Cu3BiS3 films exhibited p-type electrical conductivity and the electrical resistivity decreased with the increasing sulfurization time. Consequently, the Cu3BiS3 films synthesized at 30- and 60-min sulfurization durations can be applied to thin-film solar cells.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139294476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The structure polymer/As-Se-S doped by Bi for X-ray imaging","authors":"A. Chirita, A. Hustuc, N. Nasedchina, S. Vatavu","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.803","url":null,"abstract":"The polymer/67at %(As2S3)0,985(Bi2Se3)0,015:33 at.% As2Se3 structure for X-ray imaging has been investigated. The possibility of registering relief-phase images for radiation of “white” spectrum of tungsten anode X-ray tube was shown.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139298618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Petrosyan, A. Musayelyan, E. Zaretskaya, V. Gremenok, K. Buskis, A. Stanchik
{"title":"Study of the microstructure of Cu2SnS3 films, prepared through sulfurization of metal precursors deposited by magnetron sputtering","authors":"S. Petrosyan, A. Musayelyan, E. Zaretskaya, V. Gremenok, K. Buskis, A. Stanchik","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.811","url":null,"abstract":"We present the results of the study of the microstructure, X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering spectra of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) films synthesized at 500 o C by the sulfurization of SnCu stacked metal precursors with different annealing time. The results indicate that sulfurization time has a great influence on both composition and morphology of the film. It is shown that the process of formation of a single-phase CTS compound with a monoclinic structure and composition close to stoichiometry is completed for a synthesis time of 60 - 80 min. With an increase in the time of synthesis to 120 min, the preservation of the monoclinic structural modification of the material is observed, accompanied by a shift in the stoichiometric composition, namely copper enrichment, material delamination and degradation of microstructural characteristics. As a result, it was found that the most optimal conditions for the synthesis of a single-phase Cu2SnS3 compound of a monoclinic structure are the temperature 500 o С with the duration of the sulfurization process from 60 to 80 min.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. A. Mohammed, R. A. Talib, B. Bhavani, N. H. J. Al Hasan, A. Kareem, F. H. Alsultany, R. S. Zabibah, M. A. Alkhafaji, S. Sharma
{"title":"The role of Cu doping in properties of CdZnS thin films","authors":"K. A. Mohammed, R. A. Talib, B. Bhavani, N. H. J. Al Hasan, A. Kareem, F. H. Alsultany, R. S. Zabibah, M. A. Alkhafaji, S. Sharma","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.789","url":null,"abstract":"CdZnS thin films created via chemical bath deposition were examined to see how Cu doping affected their characteristics. Cu ions were added to the films in order to change their optical, structural, and morphological characteristics. These findings suggest that Cu doping can be used to modify the optical characteristics of CdZnS thin films. By using Xray diffraction (XRD) and the energy dispersive analysis of X-ray method (EDAX), we were able to investigate the compositional ratio as well as the structural features of the films. The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) technique was utilized in order to investigate the surface morphology of the produced films. The morphology of prepared films was fiber-like and in nanoscale. In addition, the UV–vis spectroscopy technique was utilized in order to characterize the optical properties of thin films. The prepared Cu-CdZnS film was found to have direct band gap equal to 2.64 eV and indirect gap equal to 2.4 eV.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"2010 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical and photoconductivity properties of Mn doped nanocrystalline PbS thin films deposited by chemical bath deposition method","authors":"L. R. Singh, R. K. L. Singh, M. A. Hussain","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.821","url":null,"abstract":"Mn doped nanocrystalline PbS thin films were deposited onto glass substrates by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. All the deposited thin films were found to be crystalline having cubic phase structure. The optical properties of the Mn doped nanocrystalline PbS thin films have been studied. They have high absorbance in the UV-visible region. The linear nature of (αhν)2 vs (hν) plots of PbS thin films confirmed that the transition is direct and the optical band gap energy of PbS films is found to increase from 1.90 eV to 2.28 eV with decreasing crystallite size from 21 nm to 11 nm and the optical band gap values are higher than the bulk value (0.40 eV). The optical band gap of Mn doped PbS films are found to increase with increase in dopant concentrations. The Photoconductive rise time and decay time determined from the prepared films are found to decrease with increase in doping concentrations.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"119 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139305319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Sateesh, A. Raveendra, M. Ashok, S.S. Sivaraju, K. Umadevi, N. Rajeswaran
{"title":"Performance analysis of P-SnS thin films fabricated using CBD technique for photo detector applications","authors":"P. Sateesh, A. Raveendra, M. Ashok, S.S. Sivaraju, K. Umadevi, N. Rajeswaran","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.779","url":null,"abstract":"In the present work, SnS thin films were prepared using the CBD technique at room temperature and varying annealing temperaturesfrom300 to 450 °C for photo detector applications. The prepared samples were characterized using different techniques for analyzing the structural, optical, morphological, and photo sensing properties of the samples. From XRD analysis, the diffraction pattern of all the prepared thin films shows the pristine SnS phase of the samples possessing an orthorhombic phase without the presence of any impurity phases. Among the fabricated thin films, the SnS thin film annealed at a temperature of 350 °C reveals the highest crystallite size. The Raman results showed the vibrational modes of SnS films and with the increase in growth temperature, the peaks are slightly shifted towards the lower wavelength region. Morphological results show that the SnS thin films exhibit a uniform morphology of 2-D petal-like morphology with different sizes. The UV-vis spectroscopic study shows the decrease in the bandgap value of the samples with the increase in annealing temperature. The photo sensing properties of the fabricated samples show the SnS sample annealed at 400 °C has a higherresponsivityvalueof6.40×10⁻²AW⁻¹,externalquantumefficiency(EQE)valueof14.9%, and the detectivity value of 6.05 × 10⁹ Jones. Finally, the transient photo response results suggest that the SnS annealed at 350 °C shows a rise and fall time of 1.5 and 2.5 s compared to the othersampleswhichwouldbebettersuitedforphotodetectorapplications. The electrical conductivity and photo-conductivity of the films increase by more than two orders with increase of film thickness from 170 nm to 915 nm. Hall Effect measurements confirm the p-type nature of the as-prepared SnS thin films.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"2010 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135614855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. A. Chowdhury, S.M.T. Hossain, M.K. Anna, S.A. Ritu, S.F. Nuri
{"title":"Numerical optimization of tin sulphide based solar cell for different buffer layers using SCAPS","authors":"T. A. Chowdhury, S.M.T. Hossain, M.K. Anna, S.A. Ritu, S.F. Nuri","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.2011.837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.2011.837","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers are doing intense research in tin sulfide (SnS)-based solar cells because of their outstanding semiconducting features. In this work, the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) has been used to do the simulation study of thin films solar cells using SnS absorber layer with different buffer layers (ZnO, ZnSe, CdZnS, TiO2) in comparison to the toxic CdS buffer layer. Photovoltaic parameters (open circuit voltage, fill factor, short-circuit current density and efficiency) is evaluated as a function of absorber layer thickness, different buffer layer and buffer layer thickness. Device stability at different operating temperature is also evaluated. The simulation results reveal the fabrication of high efficiency SnS based solar cells.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139297243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of metal Ag nanoparticles on CdS/ZnTe heterojunction solar cells","authors":"S. H. Ibraheem, I. M. Abdulmajeed","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.209.677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.209.677","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research on organic and inorganic solar cells has demonstrated that adding metal nanoparticles to the active layer can dramatically boost the performance of thin-film cells. In this research, Silver (Ag) nanoparticles have been added in CdS/ZnTe thin films that were prepared using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique with laser energy ranging from (200-300 mJ). X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis was used to examine the thin films of CdS and ZnTe for structural details. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were also employed to examine the morphology of the films. The typical rectifier behavior was seen using the current-voltage (I-V) characteristic curves. Furthermore, by studying the effect of adding silver (Ag) nanoparticles on the capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135459245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Films of copper sulphide doped with nickel for optoelectronics: structural, optical, and magnetic characteristics","authors":"M. Ahmed, A. Alshahrie, E. R. Shaaban","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.209.663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.209.663","url":null,"abstract":"Copper sulfide nanoparticles have a wide range of applications in various fields, and improving their physical properties is highly desirable. In this study, we investigate the influence of nickel concentrations on the structural, optical, and magnetic characteristics of CuS nanoparticles. The structural properties of Cu1-xNixS (x = 0.00, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.10) were demonstrated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), which confirmed that all samples have a single hexagonal phase. The Energy Dispersive X-ray Technique (EDAX) was used to investigate the elemental analysis of Cu1-xNixS. The XPS study revealed the valence states of Cu, Ni, and S in the Cu0.94Ni0.06S nanoparticles, as well as surface oxidation. The optical characteristics were calculated based on the absorbance optical spectra of the films using a UV-vis-NIR double-beam spectrophotometer in the wavelength range of 400–1000 nm. The optical band gap for CuS and Ni-doped CuS samples decreases as the Ni concentration rises. Magnetic studies (using the M-H curve) demonstrate that 2% and 4% Ni-doped CuS nanoparticles exhibit strong ferromagnetism at ambient temperature and transition to a paramagnetic nature. These results suggest the potential of creating spintronic devices using Ni-doped CuS nanoparticles.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135459497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}