Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on structural, optical and electrical properties of spray deposited CdO thin films

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-439

  Kumaravel, R ^a   Ramamurthi, K ^a   Sulania, Indra ^b   Asokan, K ^b   Kanjilal, D ^b   Avasti, D K ^b   Kulria, P K ^b  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CdO thin films; Ion irradiation; Optical properties; Semiconductors; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP VALUES; CADMIUM OXIDE; CDO THIN FILMS; CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; FLUENCES; GLANCING ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; ION FLUENCES; ION IRRADIATION; IRRADIATED FILMS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRUM; PRISTINE FILMS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPRAY-DEPOSITED; SPRAY-PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUES; SWIFT HEAVY ION IRRADIATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IONS; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; SILVER; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

CADMIUM OXIDE; HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; FILM; IRRADIATION; PYROLYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650807149     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Agarwal D.C., Kumar Amit, Khan S.A., Kabiraj D., Singh F., Tripathi A., Pivin J.C., Chauhan R.S., Avasthi D.K. SHI induced modification of ZnO thin film: optical and structural studies. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2006, 244:136-140.
2. Carballeda-Galicia D.M., Castanedo-Perez R., Jimenez-Sandoval O., Jimenez-Sandoval S., Torres-Delgado G., Zuniga-Romero C.I. High transmittance CdO thin films obtained by the sol-gel method. Thin Solid Films 2000, 371:105-108.
3. Chandramohan S., Sathyamoorthy R., Sudhagar P., Kanjilal D., Kabiraj D., Asokan K. Swift heavy ion beam irradiation induced modifications in structural, morphological and optical properties of CdS thin films. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2007, 254:236-242.
4. Coutts T.J., Mason T.O., Perkins J.D., Ginley D.S. Transparent conducting oxides: status and opportunities in basic research. Proc. Electrochem. Soc. 1999, 99(1999):274-288.
5. Coutts T.J., Young D.L., Li X., Mulligan W.P., Wu X. Search for improved transparent conducting oxides: a fundamental investigation of CdO, Cd2SnO4, and Zn2SnO4. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2000, 18(2000):2646-2660.
6. Cullity B.D. Elements of X-ray Diffraction 1956, Addison-Wesly, Massachusetts,, 99.
7. Dakhel A.A., Henari F.Z. Optical characterization of thermally evaporated thin CdO films. Cryst. Res. Technol. 2003, 38(2003):979-985.
8. Diaz de la Rubia T., Gilmer G.H. Structural transformations and defect production in ion implanted silicon: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1995, 74:2507-2510.
9. Elangovan E., Ramamurthi K. Optoelectronic properties of spray deposited SnO2:F thin films for window materials in solar cells. J. Optoelectron. Adv. Mater. 2003, 5:45-54.
10. El-Sayed S.M. Electron beam and gamma irradiation effects on amorphous chalcogenide SbSe2.5 films. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2004, 225:535-543.
11. Gurumurugan K., Mangalraj D., Narayandass Sa., Sekar K., Girija K., Vallabhan C.P. Characterization of transparent conducting CdO films deposited by spray pyrolysis. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 1994, 9(1994):1827-1832.
12. Ison V.V., Ranga Rao A., Dutta V., Kulriya P.K., Avasthi D.K., Tripathi S.K. On the role of microstructure in determining the energy relaxation processes of swift heavy ions in CdTe thin films. J. Phys. D 2008, 41:105113.
13. JCPDS, 1997. International Centre for Diffraction Data, Card No. 05-0640.
14. Kumar M., Singh F., Khan S.A., Tripathi A., Avasthi D.K., Pandey A.C. Swift heavy ion induced optical modifications in LiF thin films. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2006, 244:183-186.
15. Kumar R., Choudhary R.J., Patil S.I., Hussain S., Srivastava J.P., Sanyal P., Lofland S.E. Structural, electrical transport, magnetization, and 1/f noise studies in MeV 200 Ag ion irradiated La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 96:7383-7388.
16. Kose S., Atay F., Bilgin V., Akyuz I. In doped CdO films: electrical, optical, structural and surface properties. Int. J. Hydraul. Energy 2009, 34:5260-5266.
17. Mayadas A.F., Shatzkes M. Electrical-resistivity model for polycrystalline films: the case of arbitrary reflection at external surfaces. Phys. Rev. B 1970, 1:1382-1389.
18. Meftah A., Brisard F., Costantini J.M., Hage-Ali M., Stoquert J.P., Studer F., Toulemonde M. Swift heavy ions in magnetic insulators: a damage-cross-section velocity effect. Phys. Rev. B 1993, 48:920-925.
19. Metz A.W., Ireland J.R., Zheng J.G., Lobo R., Yang Y., Ni J., Stern C.L., Dravid V.P., Bontemps N., Kannewurf C.R., Poeppelmeier K.R., Marks T.J. Transparent conducting oxides: texture and microstructure effects on charge carrier mobility in MOCVD-derived CdO thin films grown with a thermally stable, low-melting precursor. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126:8477-8492.
20. Nagabhushana K.R., Lakshminarasappa B.N., Pandurangappa C., Sulania Indra, Kulria P.K., Singh F. Ion beam induced modifications in electron beam evaporated aluminum oxide thin films. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2008, 266:1475-1479.
21. Narayanan K.L., Vijayakumar K.P., Nair K.G.M., Thambi N.S. Effect of irradiation-induced disorder on the optical absorption spectra of CdS thin films. Physica B 1997, 240:8-12.
22. Pankove J.I. Optical Processes in Semiconductors 1971, Prentice-Hall, NJ,, 142.
23. Ram Prakash., Choudhary R.J., Shailja Tiwari, Phase D.M., Ravi Kumar Effect of 200MeV Ag15+ ion irradiation on structural and electrical transport properties of Fe3O4 thin films. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2008, 266:1242-1246.
24. Ratheesh Kumar P.M., Sudha Kartha C., Vijayakumar K.P., Singh F., Avasthi D.K., Abe T., Kashiwabe Y., Okram G.S., Kumar M., Sarveesh Kumar J. Appl. Phys. 2005, 97:13509-13515.
25. Rusu R.S., Rusu G.I. On the electrical and optical characteristics of CdO thin films. J. Opt. Adv. Mater. 2005, 7:823-828.
26. Salunkhe R.R., Dhawale D.S., Gujar T.P., Lokhande C.D. Structural, electrical and optical studies of SILAR deposited cadmium oxide thin films: annealing effect. Mater. Res. Bull. 2009, 44:364-368.
27. Singh R., Arora S.K., Singh J.P., Tyagi Renu, Agarwal S.K., Kanjilal D. Experimental investigation of 200MeV 107Ag14+ ion induced modifications in n-GaAs epitaxial layer by in situ resistivity and Hall measurements. Mater. Sci. Eng. B 2001, 86:228-231.
28. Sivakumar R., Sanjeeviraja C., Gopalakrishnan R., Sarangi S.N., Paramanik D., Som T. MeV N+-ion irradiation effects on α-MoO3 thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 2007, 101:34913-34918.
29. Soundeswaran S., Senthil Kumar O., Ramasamy P., Kabi Raj D., Avasthi D.K., Dhanasekaran R. Effect of Si ion irradiation on polycrystalline CdS thin film grown from novel photochemical deposition technique. Physica B 2005, 355:222-230.
30. Szenes G. General features of latent track formation in magnetic insulators irradiated with swift heavy ions. Phys. Rev. B 1995, 51:8026-8029.
31. Szenes G., Horvath Z.E., Pecz B., Paszti F., Toth L. Tracks induced by swift heavy ions in semiconductors. Phys. Rev. B 2002, 65:045206.
32. Szenes G., Paszti F., Peter A., Popov A.I. Tracks induced in TeO2 by heavy ions at low velocities. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2000, 166/167:949-953.
33. Ueda N., Maeda H., Hosono H., Kawazoe H. Band-gap widening of CdO thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 1998, 84:6174-6177.
34. Wesh W., Kamarou A., Wendler E. Effect of high electronic energy deposition in semiconductors. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B 2004, 225:111-128.
35. Ziegler, J.F., 2008. Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter, 〈http://www.srim.org/SRIM/SRIMLEGL.htm〉.