Investigation of the optical and structural properties of thermally evaporated cadmium sulphide thin films on polyethylene terephthalate substrate

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-150

  Faraj, M G ^a   Ibrahim, K ^a   Eisa, M H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulphide; Polyethylene terephthalate; Thermal evaporation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULPHIDE THIN FILMS; CDS; CDS THIN FILMS; CHARACTERISATION; IN-VACUUM; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; OPTICAL BANDS; PET SUBSTRATE; PHASE FORMATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VACUUM EVAPORATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMAL EVAPORATION;

EID: 79958101293     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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