<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper a novel method of SbSI single crystals fabrication is presented. In this method a sonochemically prepared SbSI gel is used as an intermediate product in a vapour growth process. The main advantages of the presented technique are as follows. First, the SbSI gel source material has lower temperature of sublimation and allows to avoid explosions during SbSI synthesis (the sonochemical synthesis is free of any explosion hazard). Second, but not least, the grown SbSI single crystals have smaller ratio of longitudinal and lateral dimensions. The cross sections of the presented crystals are relatively large (they are up to 9 mm2). The crystals have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, angle-resolved optical spectroscopy, and diffusive reflectivity.</p></abstract>

In this paper a novel method of SbSI single crystals fabrication is presented. In this method a sonochemically prepared SbSI gel is used as an intermediate product in a vapour growth process. The main advantages of the presented technique are as follows. First, the SbSI gel source material has lower temperature of sublimation and allows to avoid explosions during SbSI synthesis (the sonochemical synthesis is free of any explosion hazard). Second, but not least, the grown SbSI single crystals have smaller ratio of longitudinal and lateral dimensions. The cross sections of the presented crystals are relatively large (they are up to 9 mm2). The crystals have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, angle-resolved optical spectroscopy, and diffusive reflectivity.

Growth of large SbSI crystals

Materials Science-Poland

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In this paper a novel method of SbSI single crystals fabrication is presented. In this method a sonochemically prepared SbSI gel is used as an intermediate...

Growth of large SbSI crystals

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 669 - 675

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0247-4

Keywords
antimony sulfoiodide, crystal growth, vapour growth process, nanomaterials

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Growth of large SbSI crystals

Published Online: Dec 19, 2014

Page range: 669 - 675

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13536-014-0247-4

Keywordsantimony sulfoiodide, crystal growth, vapour growth process, nanomaterials

© 2014 Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
antimony sulfoiodide, crystal growth, vapour growth process, nanomaterials