Structural and vibrational properties of SbS: Practical methodologies for accelerated research and application of this low dimensional material.

Recently, the interest for the family of low dimensional materials has increased significantly due to the anisotropic nature of their fundamental properties. Among them, antimony sulfide (SbS) is considered a suitable material for various solid-state devices. Although the main advantages and physicochemical properties of SbS are known, some doubtful information remains in literature and methodologies to easily assess its critical properties are missing. In this study, an advanced characterization of several types of SbS samples, involving the Rietveld refinement of structural properties, and Raman spectroscopy analysis, completed with lattice dynamics investigations reveal important insights into the structural and vibrational characteristics of the material. Based on the gathered data, fast, non-destructive, and non-invasive methodologies for assessment of the crystallographic orientation and point defect concentration of SbS are proposed. With a high resolution in-sample and assessment, these methodologies will serve for accelerating the research and application of SbS in the research field.