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Photoluminescence studies on Sb2S3 thin films prepared by vacuum evaporation and spray pyrolysis technique

S. SRIKANTH1,* , N. SURIYANARAYANAN2, S. PRABAHAR1, V. BALASUBRAMANIAN1, D. KATHIRVEL3

Affiliation

  1. Department of Physics, Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Karumathampatti, Coimbatore-641659, India
  2. Department of Physics, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore-641013, India
  3. Department of Physics, Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore-641602, In

Abstract

Antimony tri -sulphide (Sb2S3) thin films are deposited onto glass substrates by vacuum evaporation under the pressure of 2x10-5 Torr. The substrate to source distance is optimized and constant rate of evaporation is maintained. The samples are annealed at 473K and 523K. Similarly by using spray technology three different concentrations of Sb2S3 thin films are prepared by taking different molarities of antimony tri- chloride and thioacetimide by dissolving appropriate amounts of salts in acetic acid. The parameters such as temperature, spray rate and nozzle to substrate distance are optimized and the solution is sprayed onto hot glass substrate. The films obtained by both the methods are further investigated by photo luminescence studies. It is observed that variation of intensity of the luminescence is depending upon the annealing temperature and concentration.

Keywords

Antimony tri Sulphide, Thin films, luminescence.

Citation

S. SRIKANTH, N. SURIYANARAYANAN, S. PRABAHAR, V. BALASUBRAMANIAN, D. KATHIRVEL, Photoluminescence studies on Sb2S3 thin films prepared by vacuum evaporation and spray pyrolysis technique, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 12, December 2010, pp.2057-2058 (2010).

Submitted at: Nov. 2, 2010

Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2010