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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2026

Stoichiometry-Induced Band Gap Opening in Epitaxial Degenerate Copper Sulfide Thin Films.

Diyar Mousa Othman, Chenguang Wang, Joshua de Boer, Andrea Cicconardi, Qianyang Zhang, Zuhong Zhang, Josh Davies-Jones, Aisling Stewart, Julia A Weinstein, Nathaniel J Huáng and 6 more

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Diyar Mousa OthmanSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
Chenguang WangSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
Joshua de BoerSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom.
Andrea CicconardiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genoa 16163 Italy.
Qianyang ZhangNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0199-6340
Zuhong ZhangKey Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Nanoscience and Materials Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China.
Josh Davies-JonesSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom.
Aisling StewartSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.
Julia A WeinsteinDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom.
Nathaniel J HuángNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom.
Philip R DaviesSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4394-766X
Thomas SlaterSchool of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0372-1551
Meng LiKey Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Nanoscience and Materials Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-0360-7791
Giorgio DivitiniIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, Genoa 16163 Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2775-610X
Quan LyuCambridge Research Centre, Huawei Technologies Research & Development (U.K.) Ltd, Cambridge CB4 0FY, United Kingdom.
Bo HouSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9918-8223

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Abstract

Controlling the crystal phase and electronic structure of copper sulfide remains challenging due to its narrow stability window and sensitivity to sulfur stoichiometry, limiting reproducible optoelectronic performance. Here we report a low-temperature sulfur adsorption-corrosion strategy that converts 12-15 nm evaporated Cu into continuous copper sulfide thin films with tunable composition and electronic structure. Increasing the sulfurization time (10-60 s) reduces the Cu/S ratio from 2.4 to 1.2 and induces a phase transition from orthorhombic chalcocite-like Cu

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