ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF SNO2 AND ANTIMONY DOPED SNO2 FILMS

Thin polycrystalline films of SnO//2 and antimony doped SnO//2 have been prepared by simple economic electroless deposition technique. The transmittance in the visible range and the reflectance in the IR range for SnO//2 films are approximately 80% and approximately 70%, respectively, with resistivity approximately 10** minus **2 OMEGA cm. On the other hand, antimony doped SnO//2 films have transmittance in the visible range and reflectance in the IR range, as good as approximately 86% and approximately 83%, respectively, with resistivity as low as approximately 10** minus **3 omega cm. By vacuum annealing, the resistivity of both types of films has been brought down as low as approximately 10** minus **3 and approximately 10** minus **4 omega cm, respectively.