Structural and Optical Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide Thin Film Deposited by Home Built Spray Pyrolysis Unit

Authors

  • Maha Prasad Koirala Department of Physics, Amrit Science Campus, Trubhuvan University, Kathmandu
  • Leela Pradhan Joshi Department of Physics, Amrit Science Campus, Trubhuvan University, Kathmandu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/hj.v6i0.18361

Keywords:

Spray Pyrolysis, FTO Film, Structural Property, Transmittance, Band Gap

Abstract

Fluorine doped Tin Oxide (FTO) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by home built spray pyrolysis setup at (400 ± 5)ºC. The method was found to be very economic and functional. The deposited FTO films were highly transparent and had low resistivity. The structural investigation of as-prepared films was performed using X-ray diffraction. Our results showed that a deposited FTO film was of polycrystalline nature with preferential orientation along (211) planes. The direct band gap value was found to be 3.25eV for 10% FTO film. The sheet resistance of this film was measured to be 68 Ω/ square. The effect of fluorine doping concentration on its band gap was also studied in this report.

The Himalayan Physics Vol. 6 & 7, April 2017 (58-60)

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Published

2017-10-12

How to Cite

Koirala, M. P., & Joshi, L. P. (2017). Structural and Optical Properties of Fluorine Doped Tin Oxide Thin Film Deposited by Home Built Spray Pyrolysis Unit. Himalayan Physics, 6, 58–60. https://doi.org/10.3126/hj.v6i0.18361

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Vol 6-7 (2017)

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