Thickness Dependent Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties of Chemically Deposited Nanopartical PbS Thin Films

Authors

A. U. UBALE
A. R. JUNGHARE
N. A. WADIBHASME
A. S. DARYAPURKAR
R. B. MANKAR
V. S. SANGAWAR

DOI

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Abstract

Nanostructured thin films have attracted the attention of an increasing number of researchers from several disciplines during the last ten years, due to their outstanding electronic and optical properties and extensively useful applications in various optoelectronic devices. PbS thin films were deposited onto glass substrate by the method of chemical bath deposition (CBD) at 330 K temperature. The structure and surface morphology of the films were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The optical investigation showed that, depending on thickness films have direct allowed transitions in the range 1.88-2.28 eV. The decrease in dc dark resistivity with increase in grain size was also studied. The thermo-emf measurements show that deposited films were p-type in nature.

Keywords

Thin film, PbS, CBD method, electrical and optical properties

First Page

279

Last Page

286

Recommended Citation

UBALE, A. U.; JUNGHARE, A. R.; WADIBHASME, N. A.; DARYAPURKAR, A. S.; MANKAR, R. B.; and SANGAWAR, V. S. (2007) "Thickness Dependent Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties of Chemically Deposited Nanopartical PbS Thin Films," Turkish Journal of Physics: Vol. 31: No. 5, Article 6. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/physics/vol31/iss5/6