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Nanocrystalline tin(II) sulfide layers 100–650 nm thick were prepared by hydrochemical deposition on glass–ceramic supports from a citrate system at 323−343 K using thioacetamide as chalcogenizing agent. These films are of interest for the development of thin-film solar radiation converters based on the multicomponent compound Cu2ZnSnS4 of kesterite structure, prepared using a cost-saving process. Examination by scanning electron microscopy shows that tin(II) sulfide layers are formed from spherical nanocrystallites of 20–40 nm size. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that they crystallize in the orthorhombic system with the unit cell parameters a = 4.276, b = 11.243, and c = 3.986 Å. Analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the presence of up to 44.86 at. % oxygen in the surface layer of the film. This oxygen is mainly present in surface contaminants and is also incorporated in SnO present on the surface.
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Original Russian Text © S.S. Tulenin, A.A. Timina, L.N. Maskaeva, V.F. Markov, 2017, published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, 2017, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 98−103.
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Tulenin, S.S., Timina, A.A., Maskaeva, L.N. et al. Chemical bath deposition of thin nanocrystalline tin(II) sulfide films with thioacetamide. Russ J Appl Chem 90, 91–96 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070427217010141
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