SILAR deposition of CdxZn1-xS thin films

Laukaitis, Giedrius; Lindroos, Seppo; Tamulevičius, Sigitas; Leskelä, Markku; Rackaitis, Mindaugas

doi:10.1016/s0169-4332(00)00275-0

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“…CdS on the other hand, degrades into soluble cadmium cations, which are not only hazardous but also restrict the performance of the device. [13,20] Several techniques have been employed to grow thin films of Cd 1-x Zn x S like vacuum evaporation, [21][22][23][24] electrochemical deposition, [25] successive ionic layer adsorption, reaction technique, [26] chemical vapor deposition, [27] chemical bath deposition (CBD), [13,28,29] spray pyrolysis, [30,31] etc. Spray pyrolysis is a very simple and inexpensive technique.…”

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Structural, morphological and optical properties of sprayed nanocrystalline thin films of Cd1-xZnxS solid solution

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Thakur

Rajaram

et al. 2015

Electron. Mater. Lett.

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Structural, morphological and optical properties of sprayed nanocrystalline thin films of Cd1-xZnxS solid solution

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Thakur

Rajaram

et al. 2015

Electron. Mater. Lett.

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“…So tailoring material properties according to the requirement of the device can be achieved. CdZnS films have been prepared by a variety of techniques, which include spray pyrolysis [13], dip technique [14], electrodeposition [15], metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) [16], successive ionic layer absorption and reaction (SILAR) [17], vacuum evaporation [18] and chemical bath deposition (CBD) [19]. Among them, chemical deposition yields stable, uniform, adherent and hard films with good reproducibility by relatively simple process [20].…”

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Study of structural and optical properties of chemically synthesized nanostructured cadmium zinc sulphide films for band gap tunability

Mochahari

Sarma

2015

Indian J Phys

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Nanostructured cadmium zinc sulphide films have been deposited onto cleaned glass substrates by chemical bath deposition method at room temperature using polyvinyl alcohol as capping agent. X-ray diffraction analysis confirms the formation of cubic-phase cadmium zinc sulphide films. Crystallite size obtained from the calculation of Scherrer's formula and Williamson-Hall plot as well as size-strain plot is found to decrease with the increase in zinc concentration. The films have very high dislocation density of the order of 10 16 m -2 , whereas the strain is of the order of 10 -3 . Scanning electron microscopic image reveals that the particles are agglomerated to form nanoclusters and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis confirms that films are composed of cadmium, zinc and sulphur. High-resolution transmission electron microscopic image reveals that the shape of the particles is nearly spherical, uniformly distributed. Selected-area electron diffraction pattern supports the formation of cubic phase of the film. Optical absorption peaks of the films shift towards lower wavelength side and their optical band gap increases with the increase in zinc concentration. The increase in zinc concentration enhances the photoluminescence emission intensity, whose emission is in the green region of visible spectrum.

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“…This was reported in literature that for best solar cell efficiency, the composition of Cd 1-X Zn X S thin films must be in the range x = 0.1-0.2 [7].Therefore this study is focused on the preparation and characterization of Cd 1-X Zn X S thin films with low zinc content (20%). Cd 1-X Zn X S films have been grown by a variety of techniques such as vacuum evaporation [8], chemical bath deposition (CBD) [9], successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) [10], dip coating method [11], spray pyrolysis [12], and screen printing [13]. 3 In present investigation we have prepared Cd 0.8 Zn 0.2 S thin films by spray-pyrolysis method.…”

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