Chemical bath deposition technique has been used to deposit Ni-doped Sb2S3 thin films onto glass substrate. Doping was carried out by adding 1, 3 and 5 wt% of Ni. Bath temperature was kept as 10˚C and films were annealed at 250˚C under vacuum. Polycrystalline nature of films with an orthorhombic phase was analyzed by X-ray diffraction technique. Scanning electron microscopy was used for morphological study which shows that grains are spherical. Optical measurements using transmittance data indicated that films have a direct band gap of 1.00-2.60 eV with an absorption coefficient of ~10 4 cm −1 in visible range. The average value of electrical conductivity was calculated as 1.66, 1.11 and 1.06 (Ω•cm) −1 for as-deposited films and 1.90, 2.08 and 1.15 (Ω•cm) −1 for annealed films while refractive indices were found as 2.18-3.38 and 1.91-3.74 respectively. The obtained films can be used for solar cell applications due to their good absorbing properties like higher absorption coefficient and refractive index values.
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