Optical, Structural and Morphological Studies of Chemical Bath Deposited Antimony Sulphide Thin Film

M.D. JEROH , D.N. OKOLI

Volume 12 Issue 2

Global Journal of Science Frontier Researc

Thin films of antimony sulphide were successfully deposited on glass substrates by chemical bath deposition technique. Morphological studies and structural analysis were performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) respectively. Optical characterization was done using an AVASPEC-2048 UV-VIS-NIR spectrophoto- meter in the wavelength range of 200-900nm. Optical studies reveal a direct band gap of about 1.6eV. The thickness of the film was calculated from surface profile analysis and estimated at about 0.7μm.