Synthesis of flower-like CdS nanostructured films and their application in photoelectrochemical solar cells

Characterization of chemical bath deposited CdS thin films at different deposition temperature

“…Various techniques such as vacuum evaporation [6], sputtering [7], molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) [8], metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) [9], close-spaced sublimation (CSS) [10], spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) [11], electrodeposition [12], successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) [13] and chemical bath deposition (CBD) [14][15][16] have been reported for the preparation of CdS films. Among these, chemical bath deposition (CBD) has become the favored route because of its simpleness, low cost, scaleablity and reproducibility [17].…”

Optical and electrical transport properties of spray deposited CdS1−xSex thin films

“…The cadmium chalcogenides have widely contributed to the phenomenal growth of their applications in scientific, technological and industrial applications like solar cells [1][2][3], photocatalysis [4], field effect transistors [5], opto-electronic devices [6,7] and photo assisted decomposition of water [8]. CdS and CdSe are two very important wide band gap semiconductors, because of their wide applications in opto-electronics, such as non-linear optics, visible light emitting diodes and lasers [1,9].…”

Poly(vinyl-pyrrolidone) assisted hydrothermal synthesis of flower-like CdS nanorings

“…Fan et al [13] have synthesized large-scale 3D CdS spheres composed of hexagon-based pyramids through a facile solution-phase reaction. Dongre et al [14] have synthesized flowerlike CdS nanostructures through chemical bath deposition and wet chemical etching method. Nan et al [15] have synthesized well-defined intersectional CdS nanocrystalline thin films with a conifer-like morphology by a facile electrochemical process.…”