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An Environmentally Clean Liquid Precursor of Sulfur for Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) of Transition Metal Di-Sulfide Thin Films.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Prasad N. Gadgil
Prasad N. Gadgil*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Stirling Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.
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Abstract

A three member ring compound propylene sulfide, C3H6S is employed as a sulfur source for the Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) of stoichiometric thin films of iron pyrite (FeS2). Iron pentacarbonyl Fe(CO)5, a liquid, was precursor for iron. Propylene sulfide, (PS) a liquid ( b. p. = 72–75 °C, v. p. ∼ 87 torr @ 20°C ) decomposes cleanly and quantitatively as S2 and C3H6 (propylene) above 250°C. Deposition of thin films of pyrite and their analysis by X-ray diffraction and Mossbauer and X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy is described. Liquid state, long term stability, clean and low temperature generation of active S2 species in vapor phase and gaseous by product C3H6 which can be burned to CO2 and H2O are the key advantages offered by propylene sulfide as a sulfur source.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 344: Symposium I – Materials and Processes for Environmental Protection , 1994 , 247
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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