“Phase and morphological transformations of GaS single crystal surface by thermal treatment”

Abstract

GaS single crystal layers have been thermally treated under argon flow for 4 h at two different temperatures (700 degrees C and 900 degrees C). The starting GaS sample and the annealed ones have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that GaS transformed into beta-Ga2S3 through the formation of Ga2S3 intermediate phase. Moreover, such an oxidation process involved the growth of dense Ga2S3 sub-micron crystallites at a temperature of 700 degrees C and relatively long beta-Ga2S3 nanowires (up to 4 mu m) at a temperature of 900 degrees C. Experiments also evidenced that an intentional supply of oxygen was unfavourable both to the formation of Ga2S3 phase and to the growth of sub-micron crystallites and nanowires.


Tutti gli autori

  • E. Filippo , T. Siciliano , A. Genga , G. Micocci , M. Siciliano , A. Tepore

Titolo volume/Rivista

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE


Anno di pubblicazione

2012

ISSN

0169-4332

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

4

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28/04/2018


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