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N-type conversion of SnS by isovalent ion substitution: Geometrical doping as a new doping route.

ABSTRACT: Tin monosulfide (SnS) is a naturally p-type semiconductor with a layered crystal structure, but no reliable n-type SnS has been obtained by conventional aliovalent ion substitution. In this work, carrier polarity conversion to n-type was achieved by isovalent ion substitution for polycrystalline SnS thin films on glass substrates. Substituting Pb(2+) for Sn(2+) converted the majority carrier from hole to electron, and the free electron density ranged from 10(12) to 10(15) cm(-3) with the largest electron mobility of 7.0 cm(2)/(Vs). The n-type conduction was confirmed further by the position of the Fermi level (EF) based on photoemission spectroscopy and electrical characteristics of pn heterojunctions. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the Pb substitution invokes a geometrical size effect that enlarges the interlayer distance and subsequently reduces the formation energies of Sn and Pb interstitials, which results in the electron doping.

SUBMITTER: Ran FY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446993 | biostudies-literature |

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