Effect of substrate temperature on structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of MnIn2S4 thin films prepared by nebulizer spray pyrolysis technique
2016
Abstract Manganese indium sulphide (MnIn 2 S 4 ) thin films were deposited using an aqueous solution of MnCl 2 , InCl 3 and (NH 2 ) 2 CS in the molar ratio 1:2:4 by simple chemical spray pyrolysis technique. The thin film substrates were annealed in the temperature range between 250 and 350 °C to study their various physical properties. The structural properties as studied by X-ray diffraction showed that MnIn 2 S 4 thin films have cubic spinel structure. The formation of cube and needle shaped grains was clearly observed from FE-SEM analysis. The energy dispersive spectrum (EDS) predicts the presence of Mn, In and S in the synthesized thin film. From the optical studies, it is analyzed that the maximum absorption co-efficient is in the order between 10 4 and 10 5 cm −1 and the maximum transmittance (75%) was noted in the visible and infrared regions. It is noted that, the band gap energy decreases (from 3.20 to 2.77 eV) with an increase of substrate temperature (from 250 to 350 °C). The observations from photoluminescence studies confirm the emission of blue, green, yellow and red bands which corresponds to the wavelength range 370–680 nm. Moreover, from the electrical studies, it is observed that, as the substrate temperature increases the conductivity also increases in the range 0.29–0.41×10 −4 Ω −1 m −1 . This confirms the highly semiconducting nature of the film. The thickness of the films was also measured and the values ranged between 537 nm (250 °C) to 483 nm (350 °C). This indicates that, as the substrate temperature increases, the thickness of the film decreases. From the present study, it is reported that the MnIn 2 S 4 thin films are polycrystalline in nature and can be used as a suitable ternary semiconductor material for photovoltaic applications.
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