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OPTIK
Volume 122, Issue 24, Pages 2216-2219Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.01.015
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SnS thin films; X-ray diffraction; SEM; Optical properties
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Tin sulfide (SnS) thin films have been deposited by electrodeposition using potentiostaic method on indium doped tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates from aqueous solution containing SnCl2 center dot 2H(2)O and Na2S2O3 at various potentials. Good quality thin films were obtained at a cathodic potential -1000 mV versus saturated calomel electrode (SCE). The deposited films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the crystal structure of SnS thin films is orthorhombic with preferential orientation along (0 2 1) plane. Microstructural parameters such as crystallite size, micro strain, and dislocation density are calculated and found to depend upon cathodic potentials. SEM studies reveal that the SnS films exhibited uniformly distributed grains over the entire surface of the substrate. The optical transmittance studies showed that the direct band gap of SnS is 1.1 eV. FTIR was used to further characterize the SnS films obtained at various potentials. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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