@Article{CL.2023.2011.811,
AUTHOR = {S. Petrosyan, A. Musayelyan, E. Zaretskaya, V. Gremenok, K. Buskis, A. Stanchik},
TITLE = {Study of the microstructure of Cu<sub>2</sub>SnS<sub>3</sub> films, prepared through sulfurization of  metal precursors deposited by magnetron sputtering},
JOURNAL = {Chalcogenide Letters},
VOLUME = {20},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {11},
PAGES = {811--820},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CL/v20n11/65104},
ISSN = {1584-8663},
ABSTRACT = {We present the results of the study of the microstructure, X-ray diffraction and Raman 
scattering spectra of Cu<sub>2</sub>SnS<sub>3</sub> (CTS) films synthesized at 500℃ by the sulfurization of SnCu
 stacked metal precursors with different annealing time. The results indicate that 
sulfurization time has a great influence on both composition and morphology of the film. 
It is shown that the process of formation of a single-phase CTS compound with a 
monoclinic structure and composition close to stoichiometry is completed for a synthesis 
time of 60 - 80 min. With an increase in the time of synthesis to 120 min, the preservation 
of the monoclinic structural modification of the material is observed, accompanied by a 
shift in the stoichiometric composition, namely copper enrichment, material delamination 
and degradation of microstructural characteristics. As a result, it was found that the most 
optimal conditions for the synthesis of a single-phase Cu<sub>2</sub>SnS<sub>3</sub> compound of a monoclinic 
structure are the temperature 500℃ with the duration of the sulfurization process from 60 
to 80 min. },
DOI = {10.15251/CL.2023.2011.811}
}