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Characteristics of hydrothermally synthesized SnS2 for thin film use

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Tin disulfide (SnS2) nanoparticles were synthesized via hydrothermal process and were deposited as ultrathin layer (27.5 nm) onto SLG via vacuum thermal evaporation. The SnS2 nanoparticles were characterized for their structural, purity, chemical, morphological, optical and electrical properties. The XRD patterns and the Raman spectra confirmed the successful synthesis of SnS2 nanoparticles. The stoichiometry and leaf like structure obtained from EDS and FESEM analysis of the SnS2 nanoparticles further proved its formation. The ultrathin layer deposited and annealed at 300 °C for 1 h showed XRD patterns of hexagonal structured SnS2 with crystallinity of 57.7 nm, bandgap energy of 2.7 eV and resistivity of 0.65 Ω cm.

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All data presented in the research were generated from various laboratories at Universiti Putra Malaysia, with instruments used for the generation duly acknowledged in the experimental details.

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This work was supported by Pusat Transformasi Komuniti Universiti , Universiti Putra Malaysia (Grant no. FRGS/1/2018/ STG07/UPM/02/12)

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  1. Department of Science Education, Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, P.M.B. 0248, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

    Mustapha Hassan Junaidu & Musa Bello

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Nigerian Defense Academy, P.M.B. 2109, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria

    Mustapha Hassan Junaidu, Muhammad Y. Onimisi, Rabiu Abubakar Tafida, Musa Bello & Joshua Adeyemi Owolabi

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Josephine Ying Chyi Liew & Yahaya Adezuka

  4. Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Josephine Ying Chyi Liew

  5. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Airforce institute of Technology, Kaduna, Nigeria

    H. A. Lawal

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MHJ: conceptualization; investigation; data curation; writing—original draft. JYCL: Funding acquisition and supervision. MYO: data curation and validation, RAT: writing-review and editing, MB: data curation and investigation. YA: data curation and supervision. JAO: validation, writing-review and editing. HAL: software and visualization.

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Junaidu, M.H., Liew, J.Y.C., Onimisi, M.Y. et al. Characteristics of hydrothermally synthesized SnS2 for thin film use. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 380 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12178-3

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