Published May 2015 | Version v1
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Influence of reaction conditions for the fabrication of Cu2SnS3 and Cu3SnS4 in ethylene glycol

Creators

  • 1. Materials Chemistry Group Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi Delhi 110 007 India (India)

Description

Cubic Cu2SnS3 and tetragonal Cu3SnS4 have been synthesized successfully using thiourea complexes of copper and tin in ethylene glycol by a simple change in the mode of mixing the reactants. While cubic Cu2SnS3 resulted from one-pot synthesis, mixing the colloids of copper and tin in ethylene glycol yielded tetragonal Cu3SnS4. The phases were characterized by high resolution powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD), UV–vis, Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDX, HR-TEM and SAED measurements. Optical band gap of 0.92 eV (for Cu2SnS3) and 1.35 eV (for Cu3SnS4) were deduced from UV–vis spectroscopy data. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/2/5/055501

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/2053-1591/2/5/055501;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Research Express (Online)
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
2053-1591

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47108504
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
COLLOIDS; COPPER; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GLYCOLS; POWDERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THIOUREA; TIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Descriptors DEC
ALCOHOLS; ANTITHYROID DRUGS; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVES; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; DISPERSIONS; DRUGS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; THIOUREAS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS