Issue 50, 2022

Revealing the anisotropic phonon behaviours of layered SnS by angle/temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy

Abstract

Tin sulfide (SnS), a IV–VI group layered compound, has attracted much attention because of its excellent thermoelectric properties along the crystallographic b-axis. However, there are few reports on the identification of its in-plane orientation. We observe a strong anisotropy of the in-plane Raman signal in bulk SnS. With the help of ab initio calculations, the vibrational symmetry of each observed Raman mode in the cleaved (00l)-plane is consistent with the experimental values. The angle-resolved polarized Raman spectroscopy, combined with electron backscattered diffraction technology, is utilized to systematically investigate the in-plane anisotropy of the phonon response and then determine the in-plane orientation. Furthermore, the temperature-dependent and laser-power-dependent Raman scattering analyses reveal that the adjacent layers in the SnS crystals show a relatively weak van der Waals interaction. These findings could provide much-needed experimental information for future applications related to the anisotropic transport properties of SnS single crystals.

Graphical abstract: Revealing the anisotropic phonon behaviours of layered SnS by angle/temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Okt 2022
Accepted
04 Nov 2022
First published
10 Nov 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 32262-32269

Revealing the anisotropic phonon behaviours of layered SnS by angle/temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy

X. Gong, T. Yan, J. Li, J. Liu, H. Zou, B. Zhang, H. Wu, Z. Zhou and X. Zhou, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 32262 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA06470G

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