Single phase, large grain p-conductivity-type SnS layers produced using the thermal evaporation method

Nwofe, Patrick, Ramakrishna Reddy, Kotte, Sreedevi, Gedi, Tan, Kian, Forbes, Ian and Miles, Robert (2012) Single phase, large grain p-conductivity-type SnS layers produced using the thermal evaporation method. Energy Procedia, 15. pp. 354-360. ISSN 1876-6102

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Abstract

Tin sulphide (SnS) has the potential to be used as a low cost absorber material for applications in thin film photovoltaic solar cells. In this work thin films of SnS were deposited by thermal evaporation onto glass substrates and the substrate temperature varied to alter the physical and chemical properties of the layers deposited. The variations of the grain size, texture coefficient, and dislocation density with the deposition conditions are reported in detail. The SnS layers deposited were free from pinholes, slightly tin-rich, consisted of large densely packed leaf-like grains, up to 6μm in diameter and preferential (040) orientation

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2011, Symposium O.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	SnS layers, thermal evaporation, structural properties
Subjects:	H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Sarah Howells
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2012 11:50
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 19:07
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6351

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