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Dependence of optical, structural and electrical properties of ZnxCd1–xS thin films prepared by co-evaporation on the composition for x = 0 – 1

  • Rehana Zia , Farhat Saleemi and Shahzad Naseem
Published/Copyright: May 15, 2013
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 101 Issue 2

Abstract

Thin films of zinc cadmium sulphide – a ternary compound intended to be used in solar cells – are prepared by co-evaporation. The films are prepared at room temperature, in a vacuum better than 10–5 Torr. The composition of these films is varied from x = 0 to x = 1 in the compound ZnxCd1–xS. The structural, optical and electrical properties have been investigated as a function of x. The direct band gap varies from 2.415 eV to 3.41 eV for x = 0 to x = 1 respectively. The crystal structure is found to be hexagonal (Wurtzite) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.8 and cubic zinc-blende for x > 0.8. The lattice constants decrease and the optical bandgap increases with the increase in the value of x. The resistivity of the ZnxCd1–xS films is found to decrease from 3.6 × 104 Ω cm for x = 0 to 69.5 Ω cm for x = 0.3 and again increases beyond this range to a value of 6.3 × 103 Ω cm for x = 1.0.

Keywords: ZnCdS; Co-evaporation; Optical bandgap; Lattice constants
∗ Correspondence address, Prof. Dr. Shahzad Naseem Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics University of the Punjab, QAC, Lahore-54590, Pakistan Tel.: +92 42 583 9387 9 × 106 Fax: +92 42 923 1139 E-mail:

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Received: 2008-3-29
Accepted: 2009-3-13
Published Online: 2013-05-15
Published in Print: 2010-02-01

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.110265
Keywords for this article
ZnCdS; Co-evaporation; Optical bandgap; Lattice constants

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