Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Optimization of growth conditions for SnSe2 thin films

  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Bulk SnSe2 was prepared by melting the constituents in stoichiometric proportions and thin films of this material were grown by a flash evaporation technique. X-ray and electron diffraction methods were used for characterization of the bulk material and the films. The effect of substrate temperature on the structural properties, composition and electrical resistivity of the films have been studied. It was found that single-phase polycrystalline stoichiometric films of SnSe2 can be grown in the substrate temperature range 398 to 623 K. The films deposited at 523 K had the minimum electrical resistivity.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. B. L. Evans andR. A. Hazelwood,Brit. J. Appl. Phys. (J. Phys. D.) 2 (1969) 1507.

    Google Scholar 

  2. G. Domingo, R. S. Itoga andC. R. Kannewurf,Phys. Rev. 143 (1966) 536.

    Google Scholar 

  3. P. A. Lee andG. Said,Brit. J. Appl. Phys. 1 (1968) 837.

    Google Scholar 

  4. P. A. Lee andG. Said, R. Davis andT. H. Lim,J. Phys. Chem. Solids 30 (1969) 2719.

    Google Scholar 

  5. M. J. Powell, A. J. Grant andI. L. Nuovo,Il Nuovo Ciment. 38B (1977) 486.

    Google Scholar 

  6. A. L. Likhter, E. G. Pel andS. I. Prysyazhnyuk,Phys. Status Solidi (a) 14 (1972) 265.

    Google Scholar 

  7. S. Acharya andO. N. Srivastava,J. Crystal Growth 55 (1981) 395.

    Google Scholar 

  8. T. Minagawa,J. Phys. Soc. Jpn 49 (1980) 2317.

    Google Scholar 

  9. H. P. B. Rimmington, A. A. Balchin andB. K. Tanner,J. Crystal Growth 15 (1972) 51.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Powder Diffraction File, Card No. 23-602 Joint Committee on powder Diffraction Standards, PA (1983) p. 205.

  11. P. Duwez, in “Phase Stability in Metals and Alloys”, edited by P. S. Rudman, J. Stringer, R. I. Jaffee (New York, 1967).

  12. A. M. Fernandez-Samuel,U. Saxena andO. N. Srivastava,Cryst. Res. Technol. 19 (1984) 227.

    Google Scholar 

  13. R. L. Petritz,Phys. Rev. 104 (1956) 1508.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 388120, Gujarat, India

    S. M. Patel & S. S. Patel

Authors
  1. S. M. Patel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. S. Patel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Patel, S.M., Patel, S.S. Optimization of growth conditions for SnSe2 thin films. J Mater Sci 24, 3245–3248 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01139047

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01139047

Keywords

Search

Navigation