{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Eensalu JS"],"pubmed_abstract":["Antimony sulfide (Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>), an environmentally benign material, has been prepared by various deposition methods for use as a solar absorber due to its direct band gap of ≈1.7 eV and high absorption coefficient in the visible light spectrum (1.8 × 10<sup>5</sup> cm<sup>-1</sup> at 450 nm). Rapid, scalable, economically viable and controllable in-air growth of continuous, uniform, polycrystalline Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> absorber layers has not yet been accomplished. This could be achieved with chemical spray pyrolysis, a robust chemical method for deposition of thin films. We applied a two-stage process to produce continuous Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> optical coatings with uniform thickness. First, amorphous Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> layers, likely forming by 3D Vo"],"journal":["Beilstein journal of nanotechnology"],"pagination":["198-210"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6350889"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Uniform Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> optical coatings by chemical spray method."],"pmcid":["PMC6350889"],"pubmed_authors":["Krunks M","Eensalu JS","Mere A","Katerski A","Karber E","Oja Acik I"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Uniform Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> optical coatings by chemical spray method.","description":"Antimony sulfide (Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>), an environmentally benign material, has been prepared by various deposition methods for use as a solar absorber due to its direct band gap of ≈1.7 eV and high absorption coefficient in the visible light spectrum (1.8 × 10<sup>5</sup> cm<sup>-1</sup> at 450 nm). Rapid, scalable, economically viable and controllable in-air growth of continuous, uniform, polycrystalline Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> absorber layers has not yet been accomplished. This could be achieved with chemical spray pyrolysis, a robust chemical method for deposition of thin films. We applied a two-stage process to produce continuous Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> optical coatings with uniform thickness. First, amorphous Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> layers, likely forming by 3D Vo","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-26T11:18:52.219Z","creation":"2019-03-26T22:53:13Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6350889","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30746313"],"doi":["10.3762/bjnano.10.18"]}}