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Co-electrodeposited Ag2SnS3/Mo thin films: optical and electrochemical study: DFT complement

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This study concerns the synthesis of the Ag2SnS3 phase on a molybdenum (Mo) substrate, using the coelectrodeposition-sulfurization process by adjusting the [Ag+] at 0.01 M. XRD, Raman, UV–visible and electrochemical analyses have shown that Ag2SnS3/Mo films have been well elaborated with remarkable properties for practical applications. Optically, when [Ag+] was varied between 0.01 and 0.02 M, Ag2SnS3 films present a bandgap change in the range 1.20–1.36 eV, with an absorption coefficient of around 10–4 cm−1. Whereas the DFT → GGA calculation was implemented as a confirmatory theoretical study of the semiconductor and optical aspects of this Ag2SnS3 compound whilst comparing results with experiment. A further attractive property was demonstrated here by an electrochemical study of Ag2SnS3/Mo in Na2SO4 (1 M) under the (− 900, 100) mV/SCE potential window. More specifically, cyclic-voltammetry analysis has highlighted its pseudo-capacitor character with a developed specific capacitance of 800 F g−1, while galvanostatic charge–discharge shows a drop of around 35% when the current is reduced from 0.5 to 3 mA.

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  1. Laboratory of Materials Physics and Subatomic (LMPS), Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco

    M. Oubakalla, M. El Bouji, Y. Nejmi & M. Fahoume

  2. Laboratory of Materials, Nanotechnology and Environment, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

    M. Oubakalla, M. Beraich & A. Zarrouk

  3. Equipe de Recherche en Couches Minces Et Nanomateriaux, FSTT, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco

    A. El-Habib

  4. Laboratory of Materials, Energy and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

    M. Beraich

  5. LMAGP, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofaïl University, Kenitra, Morocco

    M. Ebn Touhami

  6. LPCMIO, Materials Science Research Center, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

    M. Taibi

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M. Oubakalla: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. A. El-Habib: Writing—original draft, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Investigation, Validation. M. Beraich: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. M. El Bouji: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. Y. Nejmi: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. M. Ebn Touhami: Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. M. Taibi: Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. A. Zarrouk: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing. M. Fahoume: Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—review & editing.

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Oubakalla, M., El-Habib, A., Beraich, M. et al. Co-electrodeposited Ag2SnS3/Mo thin films: optical and electrochemical study: DFT complement. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 1729 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-13487-3

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