- Turkish Journal of Chemistry
- Vol: 37 Issue: 5
- Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of copper sulfide nanostructured thin film from newly syn...
Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition of copper sulfide nanostructured thin film from newly synthesized single-source precursor
Authors : Sohail Saeed, Naghmana Rashid, Khuram Shahzad Ahmad
Pages : 796-804
Doi:10.3906/kim-1210-56
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :The copper(II) complex of N-[ethyl(butyl)carbamothioyl]- 3,5-dinitrobenzamide (1) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that complex 2 decomposes in 2 steps to form copper sulfide. The complex was used as a single-source precursor for the deposition of copper sulfide thin film by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition at 350 °C. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern of thin film of the complex showed the deposition of monoclinic roxbyite Cu7S4 and orthorhombic anilite Cu7S4 phases at 350 °C with spherical crystallites. The degree of film surface roughness was determined by atomic force microscopy. The scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis results showed the uniform distribution of copper sulfide in the film, which makes it a useful semiconducting material on a structured surface.Keywords : Copper complex, thin film, aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition, scanning electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction