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Tunable optoelectronic properties of CBD-CdS thin films via bath temperature alterations

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dc.contributor.author Kumarage, W.G.C.
dc.contributor.author Wijesundera, R.P.
dc.contributor.author Seneviratne, V.A.
dc.contributor.author Jayalath, C.P.
dc.contributor.author Dassanayake, B.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-10-10T06:57:16Z
dc.date.available 2016-10-10T06:57:16Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Kumarage, W.G.C., Wijesundera, R.P., Seneviratne, V.A., Jayalath, C.P. and Dassanayake, B.S. 2016. Tunable optoelectronic properties of CBD-CdS thin films via bath temperature alterations. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(9): 95109-95115. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14508
dc.description.abstract The tunability of the band-gap value and electron affinity of the n-CdS by adjusting the growth parameters is very important as it paves the way to improve the efficiency of CdS-based solar cells by adjusting the band lineup with other p-type semiconductors. In this respect, polycrystalline n-CdS thin films were grown on FTO glass substrates at different bath temperatures (40–80 °C) by the chemical bath deposition technique. The structural, morphological and optoelectronic properties of CdS thin films were studied using x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis spectrometry, profilometry, atomic force microscopy, photoelectrochemical and Mott–Schottky measurements. Absorption measurements reveal that an energy-gap value of n-CdS can be adjusted from 2.27 to 2.57 eV and Mott–Schottky measurements indicate that the flat-band potential is increased from  −699 to  −835 V with respect to a Ag/AgCl electrode by decreasing the deposition bath temperature from 60 to 40 °C. This tunability of optoelectronic properties of n-CdS is very useful for applications in thin film solar cells and other devices. en_US
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dc.title Tunable optoelectronic properties of CBD-CdS thin films via bath temperature alterations en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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