Spray deposition and characterization of undoped and In‐doped tin disulphide thin films

Abstract

Abstract Undoped and Indium doped tin disulphide (SnS 2 ) thin films had been deposited onto glass substrates at T s = 300 °C using spray pyrolysis technique under atmospheric pressure with stannous chloride, indium chloride and thiourea as precursors. The structural, optical and electrical properties of the deposited films were characterized. The XRD pattern revealed that the undoped and doped films had preferred orientation along (002) plane with hexagonal structure. FESEM micrographs had shown that morphologies of the films changed with indium doping. Optical constant such as refractive index (n), extinction coefficient (k), real and imaginary parts of dielectric constants were evaluated from transmittance and reflectance spectra in UV‐Visible spectroscopy. The optical absorption data were used to determine the band gap energy and it was found to be 2.75 eV for undoped and 2.50 eV for indium doped films respectively. The room temperature dark resistivity was found to be 4.545 × 10 3 Ω‐cm and 5.406 × 10 3 Ω‐cm for undoped and In‐doped films respectively.