Thermally Deposited Sb2S3: Bi Thin Films for Solar Cell Absorber

Thermally Deposited Sb2S3: Bi Thin Films for Solar Cell Absorber

Durai Chella Priya Daniel Thanabalan Johnson Henry Kannusamy Mohanraj* Ganesan Sivakumar Sethuramachandran Thanikaikarasan Pathiyamattom Joseph Sebastian

Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli – 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India

CISL, Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Chidambaram - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, Indian

Centre for Scientific and Applied Research, School of Basic Engineering and Sciences, PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli – 627 152, Tamil Nadu, India

4Instituto de Energias Renovables, UNAM 62580, Temixco, Morelos, Mexico

Corresponding Author Email: 
kmohanraj.msu@gmail.com; mohanraj@msuniv.ac.in
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37-42
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.14447/jnmes.v21i1.520
Received: 
13 October 2017
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Accepted: 
20 December 2017
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Abstract: 

In recent years there has been growing interest in the materials suitable for real time storage application. Sb2S3 is a prospective material in this regard due to good photoconductivity. In this contest, thin films of Sb2Sand Bi3+ doped Sb2S3 were deposited onto the transparent glass substrate by thermal evaporation method. The structural, optical and electrical properties were investigated by XRD, UV-Visible, Photoluminescence, and Impedance spectroscopic techniques. The XRD patterns confirm the orthorhombic crystal structured Sb2Sand the inclusion of Bi3+ ions in the crystal system. UV-Visible analysis exhibited wide optical absorption in the visible region for both Sb2Sand Bi3+ doped films and their band gap energy was found to be 1.60 eV and 1.55 eV respectively. The photoluminescence spectra showed a strong emission at 361nm. The value of capacitance, dielectric constant and real part of impedance decreases with increasing frequency for both the samples.

Keywords: 

antimony sulfide, bismuth, thin film, dielectric

1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
5. Acknolowdgement

The authors are thankful to the UGC-SAP, New Delhi for providing the financial support to the Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

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