EFFECTS OF BUFFER SALT CONCENTRATION ON THE DOMINATED DEPOSITION MECHANISM AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHEMICALLY DEPOSITED CADMIUM SULFIDE THIN FILMS

Z. Makhdoumi Kakhaki, A. Youzbashi (), P. Sangpour, A. Kazemzadeh, N. Naderi and A. M. Bazargan
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Z. Makhdoumi Kakhaki: Semiconductor Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran
A. Youzbashi: Semiconductor Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran
P. Sangpour: Semiconductor Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran
A. Kazemzadeh: Semiconductor Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran
N. Naderi: Semiconductor Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran
A. M. Bazargan: #x2020;Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2016, vol. 23, issue 03, 1-8

Abstract: Effects of buffer salt concentration on the rate of deposition, dominated deposition mechanism and subsequently the structural, morphological, and optical properties of cadmium sulfide (CdS) thin films deposited by chemical bath deposition (CBD) on glass substrate were investigated. The precursors were chosen to be cadmium chloride (CdCl2) as the cadmium source, thiourea (CS(NH2)2) as the sulfur source, ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) as the buffer salt and ammonia as the complexing agent and the pH controller. The influence of the NH4NO3 concentration on the structure, morphology, film uniformity, stoichiometry and optical properties of CdS thin films was also studied by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscope, uv–visible and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopes. The XRD studies revealed that all the deposited films exhibited a (002)h/(111)c preferred orientation. The crystallite size was increased from 20nm to 30nm by the increase of concentration of NH4NO3 from 0.5M to 2.5M. The morphology of CdS thin films were agglomerated spherical particles consisted of smaller particles. The surface of thin films deposited at the NH4NO3 concentration of 0.5M was compact and smooth. The increase of the concentration of NH4NO3 decreased the packing density of the films. The optical band gap was in the range of 2.25–2.4eV, which was decreased by the decrement of packing density. The PL spectra showed two peaks centered at 400nm and 500nm which are attributed to violet and band-to-band emissions, respectively.

Keywords: Cadmium sulfide; chemical bath deposition; buffer salt; optical band gap; photoluminescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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