Characterization of vacuum evaporated PbS thin films

Effect of Aqueous Solution Molarity on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Spray Pyrolysed Lead Sulfide (PbS) Thin Films

“…These two properties make PbS very suitable for in farad detection and solar cell applications [4]. A number of techniques have been used by various authors to deposit PbS thin films including evaporation [5], photoaccelerated chemical deposition [6], chemical bath deposition [7] and chemical spray pyrolysis [8]. Among these different techniques, spray technique is advantageous on account of the low cost and its suitability for forming large area thin films.…”

Physical properties of pulse electrodeposited lead sulfide thin films

“…PbS thin films can be obtained by different deposition techniques such as vacuum evaporation [10], successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) [11], chemical vapor deposition (CVD) [12], electrodeposition (ED) [13][14][15][16], and chemical bath deposition (CBD) [17,18]. Among the above mentioned methods CBD and ED are mostly used as low cost film growth techniques.…”

Synthesis and characterization of PbS mesostructures as an IR detector grown by hydrogen-assisted thermal evaporation

“…Reaction (3) shows that the Pb gas is transported downstream and condensed into liquid droplets on the substrate. The importance of hydrogen is emphasized because it was observed during the growth of the PbS mesostructures using high-purity Ar that the mesostructures are much less numerous.…”

“…Therefore, it is one of the best materials for IR applications. In fact, it has important optical applications, such as solar cells and IR detectors [2], solar control coatings optical fibers [3] and broadband optical amplifiers [4]. Till date, various forms of PbS nanostructures, such as nanowires [5], nanorods [6] and nanoclusters [7] have been reported, grown by various methods, such as chemical bath deposition [8], electrochemical deposition [5], hydrothermal [9] and vacuum evaporated techniques [10].…”