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Sb 2 Se 3 is a promising absorber for thin film solar cells due to its nontoxicity, low cost, earth abundance and excellent photovoltaic properties. However, few reports focus on Sb 2 Se 3 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Here we successfully deposited Sb 2 Se 3 thin films at different substrate temperatures by PLD. Structural, morphological, compositional, optical and electrical properties of Sb 2 Se 3 thin films were characterized. Results show that Sb 2 Se 3 thin films exhibit orthorhombic phase with good crystallinity and higher substrate temperature can distinctly improve crystal quality. Optical band gap is about 1.30 eV, 1.20 eV, 1.18 eV and 1.16 eV for Sb 2 Se 3 thin films deposited at 370 °C, 390 °C, 410 °C and 430 °C, respectively. In addition, the atomic ratio of selenium to antimony is 3/2, entirely consistent with the stoichiometry ratio of Sb 2 Se 3. Image 1 • Sb 2 Se 3 thin films were prepared on glass at different substrate temperatures by KrF PLD. • The atomic ratio of selenium to antimony was 3/2, entirely consistent with the stoichiometry ratio of Sb 2 Se 3. • Optical band gap was estimated to be 1.30 eV, 1.20 eV, 1.18 eV and 1.16 eV for Sb 2 Se 3 thin films deposited at 370 °C, 390 °C, 410 °C and 430 °C respectively. • High substrate temperature improved crystal quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AlSb films which are a promising absorber layer for thin film solar cells were grown on glass substrate at different substrate temperature ranging from room temperature to 400 °C on glass substrates using aluminum-antimony alloying target by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. Structural, optical and electrical properties of AlSb thin films were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometer and a home-made four-probe-contact high temperature system respectively. XRD pattern shows that AlSb film is amorphous at room temperature, but when substrate temperature is higher than 100 °C, AlSb films present cubic phase structure with the preferential orientation of (111) plane. And intensity of diffraction peaks of AlSb film prepared at substrate temperature of 200 °C are stronger than that of other substrate temperature. The electrical measurement results show that conductivity activation energy of AlSb film is 0.25 eV and 0.28 eV. The indirect optical band gap is about 1.63 eV, which is very close to its theoretical value of 1.62 eV. The results of energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) indicated the ratio of Al to Sb of AlSb films is about 1:1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]