The effect of annealing temperature on structural and optical properties of undoped and Cu doped CdS thin films

Optik

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1098-1102

  Mariappan, R ^a   Ponnuswamy, V ^a   Ragavendar, M ^b   Krishnamoorthi, D ^a   Sankar, C ^a  

^a SRI RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYALAYA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b RVS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CdS thin films; Cu: CdS thin films; Optical properties; SEM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BAND GAP ENERGY; CDS; CDS THIN FILMS; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; COPPER SALT; CU-DOPED; CU-DOPING; CUBIC CRYSTALLINE; DEPOSITION BATH; DEPOSITION FILMS; DIRECT METHOD; DIRECT TRANSITION; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; DOPED FILMS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS; MICRO-STRAIN; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SEM STUDY; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; WELL-COVERED; XRD ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COPPER;

EID: 84861100548     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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