Cadmium sulphide thin films grown by CBD: The effect of thermal annealing on the structural, electrical and optical properties

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2622-2630

  Metin, H ^a   Sat, F ^a   Erat, S ^b   Ari, M ^c  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Annealing; CdS; Chemical bath deposition; Four point probe

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ION SOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CADMIUM SULPHIDE THIN FILMS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FOUR POINT PROBE; FOUR-POINT PROBE TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 55349144173     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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