Synthesis and characterization of the SnS nanowires via chemical vapor deposition

• Published in: Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing Materials science & processing, 2012-01, Vol.106 (1), p.87-91
• Main Authors: Yue, G. H., Lin, Y. D., Wen, X., Wang, L. S., Chen, Y. Z., Peng, D. L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemical synthesis methods; Condensed Matter Physics; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Machines; Manufacturing; Materials science; Methods of nanofabrication; Nanocrystals and nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation; Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Processes; Surfaces and Interfaces; Thin Films
• ISSN: 0947-8396; 1432-0630
• DOI: 10.1007/s00339-011-6560-4

Single-crystal SnS nanowires have been successfully synthesized by catalysis-assistant chemical vapor deposition. Applying Au nanoparticles which were applied on the ITO surface as the catalysator, using SnS powder and S powder as precursors and the Ar+H 2 mixed atmosphere as the shielding and carrier gas, the SnS nanowires were obtained. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy were employed to characterize the as-synthesized SnS nanostructures. The room-temperature photoluminescence properties of these as-prepared SnS nanowires were presented.