Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Optical and electrical properties of SnS semiconductor crystals grown by physical vapor deposition technique Subject The topic of the resource Electrical properties; Optical absorption; Photovoltaic materials; Physical vapor deposition; Tin sulfide; XRD Description An account of the resource Tin sulfide (SnS) is a material of interest for use as an absorber in low cost solar cells. Single crystals of SnS were grown by the physical vapor deposition technique. The grown crystals were characterized to evaluate the composition, structure, morphology, electrical and optical properties using appropriate techniques. The composition analysis indicated that the crystals were nearly stoichiometric with Sn-to-S atomic percent ratio of 1.02. Study of their morphology revealed the layered type growth mechanism with low surface roughness. The grown crystals had orthorhombic structure with (0 4 0) orientation. They exhibited an indirect optical band gap of 1.06 eV and direct band gap of 1.21 eV with high absorption coefficient (up to 103 cm-1) above the fundamental absorption edge. The grown crystals were of p-type with an electrical resistivity of 120 ? cm and carrier concentration 1.52015 cm-3. Analysis of optical absorption and diffuse reflectance spectra showed the presence of a wide absorption band in the wavelength range 3001200 nm, which closely matches with a significant part of solar radiation spectrum. The obtained results were discussed to assess the suitability of the SnS crystal for the fabrication of optoelectronic devices. 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hegde S.S.; Kunjomana A.G.; Chandrasekharan K.A.; Ramesh K.; Prashantha M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol-406, No. 5, pp. 1143-1148. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2011-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2010.12.068" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2010.12.068</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79951555907&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.physb.2010.12.068&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=d540dd3883a6b490fb1c134ba5a5de06" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79951555907&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.physb.2010.12.068&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=d540dd3883a6b490fb1c134ba5a5de06</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9214526; CODEN: PHYBE Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Hegde S.S., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560029, India; Kunjomana A.G., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560029, India; Chandrasekharan K.A., Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore 560029, India; Ramesh K., Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India; Prashantha M., Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India