Author(s): Esperto, Luís ; Figueira, Isabel ; Mascarenhas, João ; Silva, Teresa ; Correia, J.B. ; Neves, Filipe
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/3997
Origin: Repositório do LNEG
Subject(s): Materials; Powder technology; Mechanochemical synthesis; Thin films; Solar cells
ABSTRACT: The present work describes experimental studies related to the characterization of CuSbS2 directly synthesized after 2 h of mechanochemical synthesis (MCS) at 340 rpm, starting from mixtures of elemental powders. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy were carried out to analyze the crystal structure, degree of crystallinity, crystallite size and optical properties of the mechanochemically synthesized CuSbS2 powders. Rietveld refinement was carried out using Diffrac. TOPAS (Bruker AXS). Thermal stability of the synthesized materials was evaluated by the vacuum thermal heat treatment of the mechanochemically synthesized CuSbS2 powders at 350 °C for 24 h. Furthermore, the CuSbS2 powders were also analyzed by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), laser diffraction, and differential thermal analysis.
