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Fabrication of Cost-Effective Nebulizer Sprayed In2S3 Thin Films for Photodetector Applications

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The present study investigates the effect of precursor solution volume on the structural, morphological, compositional, optical, and electrical properties of In2S3 films. Thin films of In2S3 were deposited by a nebulizer spray pyrolysis technique on glass substrates with varying precursor solution volumes (4 mL, 8 mL, 12 mL, and 16 mL). X-ray diffraction studies confirmed the formation of the tetragonal phase and the compositional studies using energy-dispersive x-ray spectra showed the presence of only indium and sulfur. The energy bandgap of the films was found to be in the range of 2.51–2.4 eV. The I-V characteristics and photoresponses of the photodetectors including photosensitivity, responsivity, and detectivity were evaluated under visible light illumination. Enhanced photo-responsivity was observed with an increase in the precursor solution volume, with a maximum value of 0.213 AW−1 observed for the thin film coated with 12 mL precursor solution volume. For the thin film coated with a volume of 12 mL precursor solution, external quantum efficiency of 69% and detectivity of 20 × 109 Jones were observed. This In2S3 thin film may find application in the fabrication of efficient and cost-effective photodetector devices.

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The authors VG and ISY express their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through a research groups program under grant number R.G.P.2/84/41. Also, the authors acknowledge the support through the Institutional Funding Program by the Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia, through the grant number: IFP-KKU-2020/6.

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  1. Department of EIE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattatankullathur, Chennai, India

    M. Dharani Devi & A. Vimala Juliet

  2. Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, 629180, India

    R. S. Rimal Isaac

  3. School of Sciences (Physics), National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh, Tadepalligudem, 534101, India

    M. Ramudu

  4. Advanced Functional Materials and Optoelectronic Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    V. Ganesh & I. S Yahia

  5. Department of Physics, School of Physical sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, 305817, India

    Yugandhar Bitla

  6. Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    I. S Yahia

  7. Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Bio-medical Applications (NLEBA), Semiconductor Lab., Metallurgical Lab.1, Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, 11757, Egypt

    I. S Yahia

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Devi, M.D., Juliet, A.V., Isaac, R.S.R. et al. Fabrication of Cost-Effective Nebulizer Sprayed In2S3 Thin Films for Photodetector Applications. Journal of Elec Materi 50, 4373–4380 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-08949-x

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