Preparation and characterization of the rod-shaped stibnite
- Laboratoire de Photovoltaïque, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie, Technopôle de Borj-Cédria, BP 95, Hammam-Lif 2050 (Tunisia)
- Unité de Physique des Dispositifs a Semi-conducteurs, Faculté des Sciences deTunis, Tunis El Manar University, 2092 Tunis (Tunisia)
Highlights: • A facile route to synthesize large-scale rod-like Sb{sub 2}S{sub 3} micro-wires was presented. • A deep analysis conjoint between band tails, band gap alteration and electrical model. • The band gap is 1.75 eV which may hold for solar energy conversion. - Abstract: Stibnite (Sb{sub 2}S{sub 3}) micro-wires have been grown on glass substrates by sulfuration of Sb thermal evaporated film in a vacuum sealed tube in presence of sulfur powder at 300 °C for 6 h. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy techniques indicate that the synthesized micro-wires have an orthorhombic structure. SEM micrographs show rod-shaped micro-wires with a typical length of several tens of micrometers and a diameter of the order of 0.5 μm. The absorption coefficient dependence on the photon energy in the UV–visible range revealed the existence of a direct transition with an energy band gap of about 1.7 eV. Moreover, the band tails and localized states which are related to the level of defects in the material will be presented. These parameters were determined from the exponential absorption profile. All these results have been evaluated and discussed in terms of alteration of band gap edge and electrical measurements.
- OSTI ID:
- 22475822
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 67; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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