The deposition of PbS and PbSe thin films from lead dichalcogenoimidophosphinates by AACVD

Lead sulfide and lead selenide thin films have been deposited from dichalcogenoimidophosphinate lead(II) complexes by AACVD. The synthesis of the precursors, [Pb((S)PPh 2 ) 2 N) 2 ] and [Pb((Se)PPh 2 ) 2 N) 2 ], is reported and the single crystal X-ray crystal structure of [Pb((S)PPh 2 ) 2 N) 2 ] determined. The films were characterised by p-XRD and SEM.