Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) thin films were deposited using the spray pyrolysis technique. An aqueous solution of ammonium vanadate with a 0.05 M concentration was used for depositing V2O5 thin films at three different substrate temperatures on glass substrates. The structural and optical characteristics of the V2O5 thin films were examined with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and double-beam UV-visible spectrophotometry. The X-ray diffraction study of the V2O5 thin films revealed a polycrystalline nature of the orthorhombic structure with the preferred orientation of (001). The crystallite size (d) was calculated from the (001) diffraction peak using the Debye-Scherrer formula. From the optical absorbance measurements, the optical band gap (Eg) was determined. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to characterize the morphology of the films. Electrical measurements of the films indicated that the resistance decreases with an increase in the substrate temperature. From the thermoelectric measurements, the Seebeck coefficient was determined. Keywords: V 2 O 5 thin film, spray pyrolysis, optical band gap, activation energy, temperature coefficient of resistance, Seebeck coefficient Tanka plast vanadijevega pentoksida (V2O5) je bila nanesena s tehniko piroliznega brizganja. Za nanos tanke plasti V2O5 na podlago iz stekla pri treh razli~nih temperaturah podlage je bila uporabljena koncentracija vodne raztopine amonijevega vanadata 0,05 M. Zna~ilnosti strukture in opti~ne zna~ilnosti tanke plastiV2O5 so bile preiskovane z rentgensko difrakcijo in z dvo`arkovno UV-vidno spektrofotometrijo. Rentgenska difrakcija tanke plasti V2O5 je odkrila polikristalno naravo ortorombi~ne strukture s prednostno orientacijo (001). Velikost kristalitov (d) je bila izra~unana iz difrakcijskega vrha (001) z Debye-Scherrerjevo formulo. Iz meritev opti~ne absorbance je bila dolo~ena pasovna vrzel (Eg). Za karakterizacijo morfologije plasti je bil uporabljen vrsti~ni elektronski mikroskop (SEM). Elektri~ne meritve tankih plasti so pokazale, da se upornost zmanj{uje z nara{~anjem temperature podlage. Iz termoelektri~nih meritev je bil dolo~en Seebeckov koeficient. Klju~ne besede: tanka plast V2O5, pirolizno brizganje, opti~na pasovna vrzel, aktivacijska energija, temperaturni koeficient upornosti, Seebeckov koeficient