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Investigation of structural, electrical and optical properties of SnS0.75Se0.25 ternary alloy crystals

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The crystals of ternary-mixed compounds of group IV–VI have been grown using the direct vapour transport technique. The grown crystals of SnS0.75Se0.25 were characterized to investigate the compositional, structural, electrical and optical properties using appropriate techniques. The composition analysis confirms the stoichiometric proportion of Sn, S and Se. The structural analysis of the grown crystals reveals their layered-type growth mechanism and crystallinity of grown materials. The selected area electron diffraction patterns were also recorded from nanocrystals using e-beams. The formation of SnS0.75Se0.25 ternary alloy was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The temperature-dependent electrical resistivity measurement was performed to study the anisotropy of grown layered ternary alloy. From optical absorption spectra, the optical bandgap of the sample was determined. The obtained results were discussed to assess the suitability of the SnS0.75Se0.25 crystal for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices.

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One of the authors, Miss. Vibhutiba P. Jethwa is thankful to the Government of Gujarat for providing financial support under the SHODH funding scheme (Student Ref. No: 201901640012). The author would also like to thank UGC-DAE-Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore for providing the characterization facilities of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The author would also like to thank Dr. Uday Deshpande, UGC-DAE-Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore for the XPS analysis.

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Jethwa, V.P., Patel, K., Pathak, V.M. et al. Investigation of structural, electrical and optical properties of SnS0.75Se0.25 ternary alloy crystals. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 8734–8740 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06775-9

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