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Low-toxicity single crystal SnS nanowires had been successfully synthesized by the catalyst-assistant chemical vapor deposition. Au nanoparticles were applied on the ITO surface as the catalysis, using SnS powder and S powder as forerunners. The structure, morphology and optical properties of the prepared SnS nanowires were characterized. The experimental results show the as-synthesized nanowires are single crystalline with a preferential orientation. The synthesized SnS nanowires show strong absorption in the visible and near-infrared spectral region, and the direct energy band gap of SnS nanowires is 1.46 eV.
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Wang, M.X., Yue, G.H., Lin, Y.D. et al. Synthesis, Optical Properties and Photovoltaic Application of the SnS Quasi-one-dimensional Nanostructures. Nano-Micro Lett. 5, 1–6 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353724
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