{"title":"Structural and device fabrication of 2D-MoS2 thin film","authors":"R. Singh, S. Kimothi, M. Singh, U. Rani, A. Verma","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.208.573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.208.573","url":null,"abstract":"In this research paper, we have prepared thin film of MoS2 by thermal evaporation technique and characterized it. This thin film depositions lead to amorphous thin film. To make it crystalline, thermal annealing of the film have deposited on the substrates at 800 o C for two hour under vacuum environment. X-ray diffraction data of thin film shows the poly-crystalline nature. The Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image of the thin film shows the crystallinity with regularly arranged grains. Furthermore, an unconventional MoS2 based FET device has been fabricated by depositing thin film of MoS2 on p-type silicon. Thereafter, its transfer and output characteristics have been studied. The results show n-type semiconductor behaviour with an on/off ratio of about 103 and field-effect mobility of ~0.015 cm2/V. s at VDS of 1 V.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41501629","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":"Photoluminescence properties of Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3:Sm3+ modified K0.5Na0.5NbO3 perovskite oxide ceramics","authors":"K. Sun, Z. Liu, R. X. Wang, X. Ling, J. W. Sun","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.208.563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.208.563","url":null,"abstract":"Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3:Sm3+ modified KxNa(1-x)NbO3 ceramics with perovskite-type structure were synthesized via solid state sintering method. Sm3+ ions doping was designed for substituting both A and B sites in the ABO3 structure, Sm3+ doped Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 (Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3:Sm3+) oxide precursor powders with the chemical formula of Ba0.7Sr0.3-xSmx(Ti1-xSmx)O3 (x=0.005 , 0.015 , 0.025) were synthesized. Combined Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3:Sm3+ with K0.5Na0.5NbO3, the perovskite-type solid solution composite ceramics were fabricated via solid phase sintering method. X-Ray diffraction was used for investigating the phase structure of the precursor powders and luminescent composite ceramics. The photoluminescence properties of the Sm3+ ions in the Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3-K0.5Na0.5NbO3 composite ceramic materials were systematically investigated by exploring the effects of composition of the composites, excitation wavelength and temperature on photoluminescence.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43288161","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":"Systematic investigation of magneto-electronic, structural, thermoelectric and optical properties of Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se) compounds","authors":"M. Fida, S. Aldaghfag, M. Yaseen, M. Ishfaq","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.208.559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.208.559","url":null,"abstract":"The structural, magnetic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric (TE) characteristics of Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se) are determined by utilizing the density functional theory (DFT) based full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method as employed in WEIN2k code. The exchange and correlation energies along with Coulomb interactions are brought into consideration by employing local density of approximation with Hubbard model (LDA+U). Tolerance (τ) factor and formation enthalpy were utilized to confirm the stability of both spinels. τ values are 0.70 and 0.68, and formation enthalpy values are (ΔHf) are -3.34 eV and -2.19 eV for Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se), respectively. For Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se) metallic behavior is found in spin up case while considerable bandgaps are found in spin down with half metallic bandgap (Eg) values of 1.82 and 1.26 eV (in spin down), correspondingly. The calculated magnetic moment for Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se) are 12.0008 μB and 12.0003 μB, respectively. Furthermore, optical features including refractive index n(ω), dielectric constant 𝜀𝜀(𝜔𝜔), reflectivity R(ω), optical conductivity σ(ω), absorption coefficient α(ω) and extinction coefficient k(ω) are computed. The maximum calculated real part of dielectric constant 𝜀𝜀1(𝜔𝜔) values for Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se) are 9.2 and 10.8, respectively. For Nd2MgX4 (X = S, Se), σ(ω) has maximum value of 7642.9 at 6.6 and 7592.5 (Ω cm)-1 at 5.99 eV, respectively. The various temperature dependent thermoelectric (TE) parameters along with figure of merit (ZT) are determined to get full insight into the TE behavior for both compounds by using BoltzTraP code. The computed ZT value for Nd2MgSe4 is 0.81 at 800 K while Nd2MgS4 has ZT value of 0.80 at 800 K. Results showed that both spinels have potential in spintronics and in cooling industries.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43253330","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":"Effect of substrate temperature on physical properties of Co doped SnS2 thin films deposited by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis","authors":"Z. Hadef, K. Kamli, O. Kamli, S. Labiod","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.208.587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.208.587","url":null,"abstract":"Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis (USP) was used to deposited Co doped SnS2 thin films on a glass substrate at different substrate temperatures (Ts = 350 °C, 375 °C, 400 °C, and 425 °C). DRX patterns shows that the synthesized films revealed a pure SnS2 phase with hexagonal structure. The mean crystalline grain sizes were showed an increasing– decreasing trend between 15.67 and 29.84 nm with an increment in the substrate temperature. The SEM images were significantly affected by the substrate temperature. Also, the optical band gap increases from 2.62 to 3.00 eV with the substrate temperatures increasing. Hall Effect measurements confirm the n-type conductivity of the as-deposited films. Furthermore, the films resistivity varies between 117 Ω.cm to 0.20 Ω.cm, as the substrate temperature increases from 350 to 425 °C.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48472649","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":"Composition dependence of heat capacity in Se75Te15-XCd10InX(x=0, 5,10 and 15) chalcogenide glasses","authors":"S. Kumar, P. Kumar, S. Sahni, S. Singh, K. Singh","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.206.393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.206.393","url":null,"abstract":"Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is performed at different heating rates under non-isothermal conditions to study the heat capacities studies of glassy Se75Te15- XCd10InX(x=0, 5,10and 15) alloys.Heat capacities of Se75Te15-XCd10InX(x=0, 5,10and 15) chalcogenide glasses at glass transitions (Tg) and crystallisations temperatures (Tc) werementioned in this work. The evaluated endothermic (ΔCpg) and exothermic (ΔCpc) heat capacities of Se-Te-Cd-In system varies with alloying concentrations and maximum at threshold composition (5 at wt.% of In). This could be explained on the basis of chemical bond theory of the solids.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48700444","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":"Optimization physical properties of CdTe /Si solar cell devices fabricated by vacuum evaporation","authors":"H. M. Ali, M. H. Mustafa","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.206.431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.206.431","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated at the optical properties, structural makeup, and morphology of thin films of cadmium telluride (CdTe) with a thickness of 150 nm produced by thermal evaporation over glass. The X-ray diffraction study showed that the films had a crystalline composition, a cubic structure, and a preference for grain formation along the (111) crystallographic direction. The outcomes of the inquiry were used to determine these traits. With the use of thin films of CdTe that were doped with Ag at a concentration of 0.5%, the crystallization orientations of pure CdTe (23.58, 39.02, and 46.22) and CdTe:Ag were both determined by X-ray diffraction. orientations (23.72, 39.21, 46.40) For samples that were pure and those that were doped with silver, the optical band gap shrank by (1.52-1.47) eV (400–1100)nm resulting in a drop in the absorption coefficient. An incident power density of (100 mW/cm2) was used to examine the I-V properties of heterojunctions created by light on a variety of clean and doped materials. In accordance with the X-ray diffraction analysis, the films had a cubic structure and dominated grain growth along the (111) crystallographic direction.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44134536","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":"Examining the impact of quantum confinement energy on the optical characteristics of zinc sulfide and gallium nitrate in the ultraviolet spectral range","authors":"A. Kafel, S. N. Turki Al-Rashid","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.206.423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.206.423","url":null,"abstract":"The study of confined quantum systems exhibit distinct behavior compared to that in bulk solids. This enables the design of materials with tunable chemical, physical, electrical and optical properties. In this paper, the effect of quantum confinement energy on the optical properties (gap energy, refractive index) of semiconductors gallium nitrate (GaN) and zinc sulfide (ZnS) is studied. The study is done using the MATLAB computer program (20a). This software is based on the Brus model and the particle in-a-box model. The results indicate that the optical properties depend on the quantum confinement energy, with an increase in quantum confinement energy corresponding to an increase in the energy gap and a decrease in refractive index.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44325612","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":"Tensile deformation of S adsorbed in a monolayer of ReS2 affects its electronic structure and optical properties","authors":"G. Jiao, G. L. Liu, L. Wei, J. Zhao, G. Zhang","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.206.409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.206.409","url":null,"abstract":"Using density functional theory, the effect of biaxial tensile strain on adsorption of S in ReS2 monolayer is calculated. The study finds intrinsic ReS2 system and monolayer ReS2 adsorbed S system are affected by tensile deformation. Intrinsic ReS2 has direct band gap. As S appears, the system becomes indirect band gap. With tensile deformation amount of the intrinsic ReS2 system reaching 10%, the band gap reduces to 0.064eV. The growth rate of reflection and absorption coefficient are decreased by tensile deformation. The maximum reflection and absorption peak undergo red shift, improving the light reflection and absorption ability of adsorption system","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43591184","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}
I. Nkrumah, F. Ampong, A. Britwum, M. Paal, B. Kwakye-Awuah, R. K. Nkum, F. Boakye
{"title":"The effect of the concentration of tin (Sn) in the metallic precursor, on the structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of electrochemically deposited lead-tin-sulphide (PbSnS) thin films","authors":"I. Nkrumah, F. Ampong, A. Britwum, M. Paal, B. Kwakye-Awuah, R. K. Nkum, F. Boakye","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.206.399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.206.399","url":null,"abstract":"A study has been carried out to investigate the effect of the concentration of Sn in the metallic precursor on the structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of PbSnS thin films. The films were directly electrodeposited on ITO-coated glass substrates using a 3-electrode electrochemical cell having graphite as the counter electrode and Ag/AgCl as the reference electrode. Several depositions were carried out, with each deposited film having a different concentration of Sn in the metallic precursor whilst all other parameters were kept constant for all the films. Post deposition annealing was carried out in air at 250 o C for an hour. A variety of techniques were used to characterize the films. Results showed that the increase in Sn concentration did not modify the structure and preferred orientation of the films. However, it caused a slight increase in the average grain size of the films and electrical conductivity. All the films showed direct transition with the optical band gap reducing with increasing Sn concentration. The refractive index of the films showed anomalous dispersion behaviour within the UV region, and normal dispersion in the visible and infrared regions, whilst following an increasing trend with the grain size. SEM image showed spherically shaped grains of different sizes distributed randomly with good coverage across the entire area of the substrate. The EDAX spectrum was consistent with formation of the ternary PbSnS compound on ITO-coated glass substrate. Overall results indicate that, the optical and electrical properties of the electrochemically deposited PbSnS thin films can be tuned to make them suitable for specific applications by varying the concentration of Sn in the metallic precursor.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45758283","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}
Z. Liu, R. X. Wang, K. Sun, X. Ling, J. W. Sun, D. Chen
{"title":"Upconversion red light emission and luminescence thermometry of Gd2O3:Er3+ @Gd2O3:Yb3+ core-shell nanofibers synthesized via electrospinning","authors":"Z. Liu, R. X. Wang, K. Sun, X. Ling, J. W. Sun, D. Chen","doi":"10.15251/cl.2023.207.439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15251/cl.2023.207.439","url":null,"abstract":"Gd2O3:Er3+@Gd2O3:Yb3+ core-shell nanofibers with cubic phase were successfully fabricated by electrospinning method. The structural, morphological properties were investigated by X-Ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy. Under 980 nm excitation, the upconversion photoluminescence in visible light exhibits strong red emitting band with obvious splitting peaks resulted from stark splitting of energy level. The visible emissions are sensitive to temperature in the range of 303-543 K. The red emission displays quenching with elevation of temperature. The activation energy for thermal quenching is equal to 0.1408 eV. The temperature dependent multi-peaks of red emission were systematically investigated. Based on valley and peak ratio of I680.31nm/ I683.03nm in upconversion emission spectra, temperature sensing with constant absolute sensitivity was achieved. These results suggest Gd2O3:Er3+@Gd2O3:Yb3+ nanofibers are promising candidates for luminescence thermometry, which may provide their application values in both scientific research and industry.","PeriodicalId":9710,"journal":{"name":"Chalcogenide Letters","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45056044","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}