READ ME File For 'Dataset for Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Growth of Ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 Films'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3621

ReadMe Author: Ruomeng Huang, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the publication: Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Growth of Ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 Films 
AUTHORS: Sayali Shrishail Harke,a Omesh Kapur,b Ruomeng Huang,*b Chitra Gurnani*a

TITLE: Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Growth of Ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 Films 

JOURNAL: Journal of Materials Chemistry C
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: org/10.1039/D5TC02494C


This dataset contains:
The raw data of figure 1 to 6.

The figures are as follows:

Figure 1. Schematic representation of deposition of ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films by in-situ solvothermal process.


Figure 2. (a) EDX spectra and (b) relationship between film composition and fraction of [Sb{S2P(OC3H7)2}3] used in the deposition of ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films. 

Figure 3. SEM images showing the surface morphologies of (a) Bi2S3, (f) Sb2S3 and (b-e) ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films deposited via in-situ solvothermal process.

Figure 4. EDX elemental mapping of Bi, Sb and S for (a) Bi2S3, (f) Sb2S3 and (b-e) ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films deposited via in-situ solvothermal process.

Figure 5. (a) XRD patterns of as-deposited (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films for x = 0 to 1; (b) enlarged view of selected peaks showing systematic 2θ shifts with composition; (c) variation of 2θ values for the (311), (301), and (221) planes as a function of Sb content x within the (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films.

Figure 6. Refined lattice parameters (a) a, (b) b, (c) c and (d) unit cell volume V of ternary (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 as a function of Sb content x within the (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films.

Figure 7. (a) Raman spectra of (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 films, (b) phonon frequencies (red: B1g mode; blue: Ag mode) as a function of Sb content (x). 

Figure 8. (a) Absorption spectra and (b) Variation of the band gap of (Bi1-xSbx)2S3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) films as a function of Sb content (x).

Date of data collection: October 2023 to April 2025

Information about geographic location of data collection: United Kingdom/ India

Licence: CC-BY

Related projects:  EPSRC (EP/Y001567/1). 


Date that the file was created: August, 2025