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Nickel sulfide (NiS) thin film has been deposited on glass substrates by spray-pyrolysis at 325 ± 5 °C. The precursor aqueous solution was synthetized using hexahydrated nickel nitrates and thiourea. The structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible spectroscopy and four probes electrical measurements. The XRD analysis confirmed the hexagonal structure of NiS thin film, which was found to crystalize along [010] direction with an average crystallites size of 10.5 nm. The lattice parameters are a = b = 3.420 Å and c = 5.300 Å in the space group P63/mmc. The optical properties of the films were investigated through the transmittance and the reflectance measurements. The results revealed that the material exhibits a direct optical band gap of 1.03 eV. The elementary composition analysis confirmed the presence of Ni and S with a stoichiometry ratio (Ni/S) of 1.05. The morphology analysis revealed a homogenous crack-free, compact appearance and a granular surface in all scanned areas. The average roughness of the surface was 6.48 nm. On the other hand, the film exhibits a high electrical conductivity ca. 1.10 × 105 S/cm at room temperature. The above results show that the prepared NiS in this study has a good crystallization, dense morphology, good stoichiometric ratio and high conductivity; therefore, it stands as a potential candidate for application in supercapacitors as an electrode material.
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Nickel sulfide (NiS) thin film has been deposited on glass substrates by spray-pyrolysis at 325 ± 5 °C. The precursor aqueous solution was synthetized using hexahydrated nickel nitrates and thiourea. The structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible spectroscopy and four probes electrical measurements. The XRD analysis confirmed the hexagonal structure of NiS thin film, which was found to crystalize along [010] direction with an average crystallites size of 10.5 nm. The lattice parameters are a = b = 3.420 Å and c = 5.300 Å in the space group P63/mmc. The optical properties of the films were investigated through the transmittance and the reflectance measurements. The results revealed that the material exhibits a direct optical band gap of 1.03 eV. The elementary composition analysis confirmed the presence of Ni and S with a stoichiometry ratio (Ni/S) of 1.05. The morphology analysis revealed a homogenous crack-free, compact appearance and a granular surface in all scanned areas. The average roughness of the surface was 6.48 nm. On the other hand, the film exhibits a high electrical conductivity ca. 1.10 × 105 S/cm at room temperature. The above results show that the prepared NiS in this study has a good crystallization, dense morphology, good stoichiometric ratio and high conductivity; therefore, it stands as a potential candidate for application in supercapacitors as an electrode material.

Study of the Structural, Optical, Electrical and Morphological Properties of Nickel Sulfide Thin Films Used in Supercapacitors

Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences

Department of Physics, Faculty of Matter Sciences

Faculté des sciences de Tunis. Université de Tunis El Manar

Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

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Nickel sulfide (NiS) thin film has been deposited on glass substrates by spray-pyrolysis at 325 ± 5 °C. The precursor aqueous solution was synthetized using...

Study of the Structural, Optical, Electrical and Morphological Properties of Nickel Sulfide Thin Films Used in Supercapacitors

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Nov 09, 2020

Accepted: Jan 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2021-0001

Keywords
NiS, spray-pyrolysis, thin films, optical gap, conductivity

© 2021 Abdelouahab Gahtar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Study of the Structural, Optical, Electrical and Morphological Properties of Nickel Sulfide Thin Films Used in Supercapacitors

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Nov 09, 2020

Accepted: Jan 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/awutp-2021-0001

KeywordsNiS, spray-pyrolysis, thin films, optical gap, conductivity

© 2021 Abdelouahab Gahtar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
NiS, spray-pyrolysis, thin films, optical gap, conductivity