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 …

Characterization of multifunctional solution-processed Sn1-xZnxS nanostructured thin films for photosensitivity and photocatalytic applications

A Goktas, E Aslan, F Arslan, A Kilic - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc (Zn) doped/substituted Tin (II) sulfide (SnS) is one of the most important
semiconductors for optoelectronic, photocatalytic, and gas-sensing applications. Herein, an …

Environmentally friendly and earth-abundant colloidal chalcogenide nanocrystals for photovoltaic applications

H Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal semiconducting nanocrystals have been identified as a set of promising and
versatile nanostructured building blocks for numerous applications owing to their many …

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 …

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 …

Microstructure dependent physical properties of evaporated tin sulfide films

M Devika, KT Ramakrishna Reddy… - Journal of Applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
In the field of photovoltaics, semiconductors of the III-V group such as GaAs and InP have
been considered as the most efficient absorber materials due to their direct energy band gap …

Optical and electrical properties of SnS semiconductor crystals grown by physical vapor deposition technique

SS Hegde, AG Kunjomana… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2011 - Elsevier
Tin sulfide (SnS) is a material of interest for use as an absorber in low cost solar cells. Single
crystals of SnS were grown by the physical vapor deposition technique. The grown crystals …

Vacuum annealed tin sulfide (SnS) thin films for solar cell applications

SS Hegde, AG Kunjomana, P Murahari, BK Prasad… - Surfaces and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thin films of tin sulfide (SnS) were grown on a glass substrate at an optimum temperature of
300° C by thermal evaporation technique. Following the deposition, films were vacuum …

Synthesis of tin monosulfide SnS thin films via spray pyrolysis method based on Taguchi design for solar absorber

Y Nouri, B Hartiti, H Labrim, A Ziti, A Belfhaili, A Batan… - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of controlled conditions on the optical properties of tin monosulfide
(SnS) thin films was successfully investigated by the chemistry spray pyrolysis deposition …