czts

3.1. Optical properties

In Figure 1 are compared transmission spectra of CZTS deposited by coevaporation with those of a
CZTS film grown by spray pyrolysis. It is observed that both type of CZTS films
exhibit high
transmittances indicating that the photon absorption occurs predominantly via
band to band transitions.
Curves of (h)& vs h are also depicted in Figure 1. The absorption coefficient
was calculated
through the relation [7]: = *
+ ln . /
*01 / . Where T and R are values of transmittance and
reflectance experimentally obtained and d the film thickness. The Eg values
obtained from the intercept
with the axis h of the curve of (h)& vs h
were 1.45eV for samples prepared by co-evaporation and
1.48 for samples prepared by SP.