Review Article
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Microstructural Features of Mn2+ Doped SnO2Thin Films
M.C. Rao1*, K. Ravindranadh1, A. Kasturi2, N. Krishna Mohan3, M. David Raju4, G. Raju5and C. Naresh Kumar Reddy6
1Department of Physics, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada - 520 008, India
2Department of Physics, Maris Stella College, Vijayawada - 520 008, India
3Department of Physics, A. N. R. College, Gudivada-521301, India
4PG Department of Chemistry, P.B. Siddhartha College of Arts & Science, Vijayawada - 520010, India
5Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India
6Department of Physics, Little Flower Degree College, Hyderabad-500036, India
M.C. Rao et al /Int.J. TechnoChem Res. 2016,2(1),pp 62-66.
Abstract
Tin Oxide (SnO2) thin film is one of the important transparent conducting oxides (TCO’s)
and applied in various fields such as in solar cells, optoelectronic devices, heat mirror, gas sensors, etc
due to its electrical and optical transparency in visible light spectrum. Mn2+ doped tin oxide thin films
were prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis synthesis and characterized by different spectroscopic
techniques. Powder XRD data revealed that the crystal structure belongs to tetragonal rutile phase and
its lattice cell parameters, average crystallite size were evaluated. The morphologies of prepared
sample were analyzed by using SEM and TEM studies. Functional groups of the prepared sample were
observed in the FT-IR spectrum.
Keywords
SnO2, Thin films, Spray pyrolysis, Powder XRD, Transmission electron microscope and FT-IR