The SnS films were grown on glass substrates using the thermal evaporation technique at different substrate temperatures
(Tnormals)
varied from
20to300°C
, and their physical properties were studied with appropriate techniques. While increasing
Ts
, the sulfur content in the films decreased and the Sn to S atomic percent ratio increased from 1.01 to 1.42. The structural studies showed that most of the crystallites in the films were grown along [111] direction and their grain size increased between
∼18
and
41nm
with the increase of
Ts
. The SnS films grown at
Tnormals=300°C
exhibited considerably low electrical resistivity of
∼43Ωcm
with an average grain size of
∼40nm
. These films also exhibited a direct optical bandgap of
∼2.0eV
with a high absorption coefficient,
∼106cm−1
. These results indicate that the physical properties of nanocrystalline SnS films are comparable to the properties of bulk as well as microstructured SnS films and are suitable for photovoltaic or nanoquantum-well device applications.
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