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Synthesis and characterization of Tin Selenide thin films

KEGAO LIU1,* , NIANJING JI2, YONG XU1, JIYANG WANG2

Affiliation

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Fengming Road, Jinan 250101,China
  2. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Mate rials, Shandong University, 27 Shandanan Road, Jinan 250100, China

Abstract

Tin Selenide thin films w ere synthesized by spin coatin g and c o reduction from raw materials of SnCl 2 · 2H 2 O and SeO 22. The phase and morphology of the film products were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) respectively. XRD results show that, the obtained SnSe2 thin film shows preferred growth trend along Z axis with c r ystal planes of (001), (002), (003) and (004); The crystallinity of film samples prepared at 160 oC, 170 oC and 180 oC increase s with temperature rising. R elative pure SnSe2 phase with good crystallinity can be obtained in the film sample prepared at 180 o C while impurity phase SnSe appeared in the sampl es obtained at 200 °C. SEM and AFM results show that, the sample obtained by reacting twice at 180 °C for 10 h shows relatively dense and continuous film with rough surface and consists of most particles with diameters of about 0.1~0.5 μm and a few larger particles. There are s ome few particles and many vertical nanoflakes or micropores in the film sample s obtained at 200 °C..

Keywords

Chemical synthesis, Semiconductors, Thin film, SnSe2.

Citation

KEGAO LIU, NIANJING JI, YONG XU, JIYANG WANG, Synthesis and characterization of Tin Selenide thin films, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 8, 11-12, November-December 2014, pp.1081-1084 (2014).

Submitted at: Aug. 13, 2014

Accepted at: Nov. 13, 2014