Influence of annealing temperature on physical properties of Sn-doped CdO thin films by nebulized spray pyrolysis technique

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作者
Anitha, M. [1 ,3 ]
Saravanakumar, K. [2 ]
Anitha, N. [1 ]
Kulandaisamy, I. [4 ]
Amalraj, L. [1 ]
机构
[1] VHNSN Coll Autonomous, Res Dept Phys, Virudunagar 626001, Tamil Nadu, India
[2] VHNSN Coll Autonomous, Dept Chem, Virudunagar 626001, Tamil Nadu, India
[3] Sri Vidhya Coll Arts & Sci, Dept Phys, Virudunagar 626001, Tamil Nadu, India
[4] Arul Anandar Coll, PG & Res Dept Phys, Madurai 625514, Tamil Nadu, India
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS | 2019年 / 243卷
关键词
Thin films; CdO; Crystal structure; Optical properties; Luminescence; Electrical properties; Solar cell; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES; ZNO-CDO; TRANSPARENT; FABRICATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.mseb.2019.03.018
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Tin (Sn) doped cadmium oxide (CdO) thin films deposited onto the glass substrates by nebulized spray pyrolysis technique (NSP) were annealed for 20 min at different temperatures of 473-548 K in steps of 25 K. X-ray diffraction study showed that all these thin films were polycrystalline with major reflection along (1 1 1) plane and the crystallite size had increased at elevated annealing temperatures. From SEM images, it was found that annealing causes notable changes in the surface morphology. The oxidation states of Cd2+, O2- and Sn4+ were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. These films were found to have direct band gap energy lying in the range of 2.55-2.42 eV and the average transmittance varies from 73 to 87% with various annealing temperatures. The CdO thin films annealed at 523 K exhibited the lowest resistivity (1.03 x 10(-4) Omega cm).
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