Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films
The effect of nitrogen (N2) partial pressure on the structure and bandgap tunability of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) thin films is investigated by varying N2 partial pressure in Ar/N2 mixture. In presence of N2, films have a polycrystalline structure with (002) preferential orientat...
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| author | Harshita Trivedi Zohreh Ghorannevis Shilpi Chaudhary Avanish S. Parmar |
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| description | The effect of nitrogen (N2) partial pressure on the structure and bandgap tunability of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) thin films is investigated by varying N2 partial pressure in Ar/N2 mixture. In presence of N2, films have a polycrystalline structure with (002) preferential orientation, which leads to defect-free, continuous, dense, and fibrous structures with increased roughness. The average optical transmittance increased to > 80 at 500–2500 nm for 30 % N2 partial pressure, whereas the band gap decreases from 2.45 eV to 2.30 eV with increasing N2 concentration. This work shows that the bandgap of sputtered CdS thin films can be tuned with the variation of N2 concentration for customized applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c23034c9675c4e6aa140878c8bca8d6b2023-06-19T04:29:24ZengElsevierMaterials Letters: X2590-15082023-06-0118100190Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin filmsHarshita Trivedi0Zohreh Ghorannevis1Shilpi Chaudhary2Avanish S. Parmar3Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, IndiaDepartment of Physics, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, IranDepartment of Applied Sciences, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, India; Corresponding authors.Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India; Corresponding authors.The effect of nitrogen (N2) partial pressure on the structure and bandgap tunability of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) thin films is investigated by varying N2 partial pressure in Ar/N2 mixture. In presence of N2, films have a polycrystalline structure with (002) preferential orientation, which leads to defect-free, continuous, dense, and fibrous structures with increased roughness. The average optical transmittance increased to > 80 at 500–2500 nm for 30 % N2 partial pressure, whereas the band gap decreases from 2.45 eV to 2.30 eV with increasing N2 concentration. This work shows that the bandgap of sputtered CdS thin films can be tuned with the variation of N2 concentration for customized applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150823000108CdSRF sputteringThin-filmsOptical propertiesN2 concentration |
| spellingShingle | Harshita Trivedi Zohreh Ghorannevis Shilpi Chaudhary Avanish S. Parmar Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films Materials Letters: X CdS RF sputtering Thin-films Optical properties N2 concentration |
| title | Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films |
| title_full | Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films |
| title_fullStr | Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films |
| title_short | Investigations on tailoring physical properties of RF magnetron sputtered Cadmium Sulphide thin films |
| title_sort | investigations on tailoring physical properties of rf magnetron sputtered cadmium sulphide thin films |
| topic | CdS RF sputtering Thin-films Optical properties N2 concentration |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590150823000108 |
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