Nebulizer spray assisted chemical vapour deposited (NACVD) tin disulfide (SnS2) thin films for solar cell window layer applications

A. M.S. Arulanantham, S. Valanarasu, S. Rex Rosario, A. Kathalingam, Mohd Shkir, V. Ganesh, I. S. Yahia

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Abstract

The prospective nontoxic Tin disulfide (SnS2) thin films have been fabricated through nebulizer spray assisted chemical vapour deposition (NACVD) method by varying carrier gas pressure as 0.05, 0.1 and 0.15 Pa at 325 °C temperature on soda lime glass substrates. Exceedingly single crystalline phase SnS2 film coated uniformly on the substrate was observed from structural and morphological analysis. Optical studies of the fabricated films reveal a decrement of band gap from 2.85 eV to 2.65 eV as pressure of carrier gas increased from 0.05 Pa to 0.15 Pa. The emitted photoluminescent (PL) intensity was strong at about 561 nm which is related to the near band edge (NBE) emission of SnS2. Hall analysis showed the value of conductivity and carrier concentration of SnS2 in the range of 6.84 ×10-5 to 1.34 ×10-3 Ω-1 cm-1 and 2.47 ×1013 to 7.18 ×1013 cm-3, respectively. This study confirms that a superior device quality SnS2 thin film can be fabricated and can be used as a nontoxic window layer through low cost NACVD method by optimizing the carrier gas flow rate and other factors such as temperature of the substrate and precursor concentration. A good interface between the window and absorber layers minimizes the recombination and aids to increase the efficiency of a photovoltaic cell structure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number096422
JournalMaterials Research Express
Volume6
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jul 2019

Keywords

  • carrier gas flow rate
  • I-V measurement
  • nebulizer spray
  • optical studies
  • SEM/AFMimage
  • SnS thin film

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