Issue 7, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Low temperature CVD growth of PbS films on plastic substrates†

Javeed Akhtar,‡a   Mohammad Afzaal,b   Mark A. Vincent,c   Neil A. Burton,c   Ian H. Hillierc  and  Paul O'Brien*a  

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a School of Chemistry and School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
E-mail: paul.obrien@manchester.ac.uk
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b Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

c School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

Abstract

The low temperature growth of crystalline PbS films has been achieved on plastic substrates by CVD using a xanthate. The possible mechanism involved in this low temperature deposition has been probed by density functional theory calculations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05036A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Nov 2010
Accepted
21 Dec 2010
First published
13 Jan 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 1991-1993

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Low temperature CVD growth of PbS films on plastic substrates

J. Akhtar, M. Afzaal, M. A. Vincent, N. A. Burton, I. H. Hillier and P. O'Brien, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1991 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05036A

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