• A. Nirmala Shirley
• J. Jebaraj Devadason
• K. Jeyadheepan
• C. Sanjeeviraja

In the present work, investigations on morphological and structural properties was done over the ZnS thin films grown on glass substrates using the nebulized spray pyrolysis technique. The X-ray diffraction was performed to identify the crystal structure and grain size of the particles, whereas the morphological properties was studied using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The fabricated films were then annealed at 300ºC, 400ºC and 500ºC under vacuum, nitrogen at 500ºC and sulphur atmosphere at 500ºC for one hour. This process permits us to obtain peaks crystallized under mixture of hexagonal (H) and cubic (C) phase. Moreover, the crystallites exhibit preferential orientation along the (101) and (016) direction. In addition, the variation of grain size and roughness was studied and observed that when the annealing temperature increases the grain size of the ZnS film increases.

Spray technique; ZnS thin films; Characterization; XRD; AFM; SEM; UV-VIS.

"Morphological, structural, optical and electrical properties of nebulizer sprayed ZnS thin films", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.142-148, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807373.pdf

"Morphological, structural, optical and electrical properties of nebulizer sprayed ZnS thin films", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp142-148, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807373.pdf