Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1671244 | Thin Solid Films | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Antimony sulfide thin films were deposited on glass substrates by aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition technique using single source precursors, namely, antimony(III) thiosemicarbazones, SbCl3(L) (L = thiosemicarbazones of thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde (1) and cinnamaldehyde (2)). The deposited films were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis and UV-visible spectroscopy in order to identify their phases, morphologies, compositions and optical properties respectively. These characterizations revealed that the films were comprised of rod-shaped particles of orthorhombic stibnite (Sb2S3) with a Sb:S stoichiometry of â¼Â 1:1.3. The calculated optical band gap from UV-vis absorption spectrum is found to be 3.48 eV.
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Authors
Jasmine B. Biswal, Narayan V. Sawant, Shivram S. Garje,