TY - JOUR T1 - Characterization of electrical properties and photosensitivity of SnS thin films prepared by the electrochemical deposition method JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Y1 - 2005 AB - Using the electrochemical deposition (ECD) method, we prepared tin sulfide thin films, which are suitable for the absorption layer in solar cells because of its bandgap energy (∼1 eV). We first optimized pulse-form biasing for ECD by characterizing deposited samples with scanning electron microscope, Auger electron spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements. Then, we investigated the electrical properties of deposited SnS thin films and the properties of contacts with several different metals. Furthermore, we observed the photoconductivity of the films by means of photoelectrochemical measurements. From these results, we confirmed that the SnS thin films show p-type conduction. VL - 85 UR - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0927024804002077http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0927024804002077?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0927024804002077?httpAccept=text/plain CP - 2 J1 - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells KW - Sato2005 ER -