Structural, optical and electrical properties of Cu2SnS3 nanoparticles synthesized by simple solvothermal technique

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Abstract

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by simple solvothermal technique maintained at 200 °C for 24 h. The structural properties showed that the Cu2SnS3 nanoparticles exhibit cubic phase with high crystallinity and a grain size between 11 and 15 nm. CTS nanoparticles exhibited a broad absorption in a wide wavelength range from UV to visible light, with a direct band gap of 1.27 eV. The electrical proprieties of the synthesized material show a variation of the conductivity as a function of measurement temperature. The dc sample conductivity measurements reveal that 3D-VRH is the dominated conduction model in the studied material. However, the dynamic conductivity study shows that correlated barrier hopping model may be appropriate to describe the transport mechanism in our material.

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Thin Film Solar Cell Quantum Mechanical Tunneling Correlate Barrier Solvothermal Technique Agilent 4294A Impedance Analyzer 
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The authors gratefully acknowledge K. Omri for kindly providing support for the absorption and XRD analysis.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • S. Rabaoui
    • 1
  • H. Dahman
    • 1
  • N. Ben Mansour
    • 1
  • L. El Mir
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Laboratory of Physics of Materials and Nanomaterials Applied at Environment (LaPhyMNE), Faculty of SciencesGabès UniversityGabèsTunisia
  2. 2.Department of Physics, College of SciencesAl Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU)RiyadhSaudi Arabia

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