TGA-evolved gas analysis

The ability of the new precursors to decompose thermally to yield singlephase CIS was investigated by powder XRD analysis and EDS on the nonvolatile solids from the TGA experiments of selected compounds. Furthermore, using TGA-evolved gas analysis (EGA), the volatile components from the degradation of the SSPs could be analyzed via real-time fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and mass spectrometry (MS), thus providing information for the decomposition mechanism.3 The real-time FTIR spectrum for 7 and 8 shows absorptions at approximately 3000,1460,1390,1300, and 1250 cm-1 (see Fig. 6.7). 

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