Annealing effect on cadmium in situ doping of chemical bath deposited PbS thin films

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• 作者：S. Thangavel^a ; ^{suhithangam@gmail.com} ; S. Ganesan^b ; K. Saravanan^c
• 关键词：Lead sulfate ; Thin films ; Cadmium ; Doping ; Annealing ; X-ray diffraction ; Optical properties ; Chemical bath deposition
• 刊名：Thin Solid Films
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：78_00406090
• 类别：ph
• 出版时间：1 June, 2012
• 卷：520
• 期：16
• 页码：5206-5210
• 文件大小：952 K

摘要

This paper describes the effect of annealing on PbS and Cd-doped PbS thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition at different bath temperatures (T_b). The X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical absorption, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses have been performed to explore the properties of PbS and PbCdS films. From the XRD measurements, the particle size (D) of as-deposited PbS and PbCdS films is estimated to be 22 (27) and 12 (9) nm, respectively, for a T_b of 75 (85) 掳C. A reduction in D was noticed upon annealing the films at 200 掳C, irrespective of the T_b and the doping. The optical band gap energy (E_g) of as-deposited PbS films grown at different T_b is found to be in the range of 1.22-1.42 eV. Doping of PbS with Cd and annealing have led to increase in E_g up to 2.61 (2.66) eV. Optical studies revealed prominent blue shifts in the E_g of as-deposited and annealed films due to quantum confinement effect. The addition of Cd into PbS was confirmed by EDX analysis.