Abstract
Black conductive SnO2 films were deposited from SnCl2 powder by a chloride pyrolysis method under suppressing oxygen supply condition. The films were characterized by XRD, EPMA, TG, SEM and Hall effects measurements. The films deposited on glass substrates showed the preferred orientation along <110>. Chlorine from SnCl2 precursor was contaminated in the SnO2 films. On the other hand, the black-coloring was mainly due to oxygen vacancy.