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- Title
Synthesis of In<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> and In<sub>6</sub>S<sub>7</sub> Microcolumns and Nanowires by a Vapor‐Solid Method.
- Authors
Bartolomé, Javier; Maestre, David; Cremades, Ana
- Abstract
Indium sulfide (In2S3) is a promising candidate for the replacement of CdS buffer layers in solar cell devices, while hexaindium heptasulfide (In6S7) presents interesting properties for its use as absorber material. In this work the fabrication of In2S3 microcolumns as well as novel In6S7 nanowires with diameters of about 70–120 nm is reported. The structures are grown following a thermal evaporation‐deposition method at temperatures between 900 and 1000 °C. Control of the phase and morphology of the structures is achieved through both the evaporation and deposition temperatures, which can be tuned separately. Energy dispersive spectroscopy shows no traces of residual oxygen, while X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates the presence of small amounts of oxygen incorporated at the surface of the structures. The In6S7 nanowires are found to be degenerated n‐type semiconductors, with the Fermi level above the conduction band minimum. The origin of this n‐type degeneracy is discussed in terms of S vacancies. The fabrication of novel In6S7 nanowires as well as β‐In2S3 microcolumns by a thermal evaporation method is presented. The structures contain almost no traces of residual oxygen. Both the nanowires and the microcolumns show the presence of S vacancies, as revealed by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which induce a degenerate n‐type doping level on the In6S7 nanowires.
- Subjects
SYNTHESIS of nanowires; VAPOR analysis; THERMAL analysis; ENERGY dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; PHOTOELECTRON spectroscopy
- Publication
Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications & Materials Science, 2018, Vol 215, Issue 19, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1862-6300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pssa.201800261