Clay Research
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue: 1

Study on the Structural and Optical Properties of Chemically Deposited Cd(1-x)ZnxS thin Films Using Chemical Bath Deposition Technique

  • Author:
  • Dhananjay Mugle1,, M.A. Barote2, L. S. Ravangave3, Ghanshyam Jadhav1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 28 to 32

1Department of Physics, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, Omerga-413606, Maharashtra, India

2Department of Physics, Azad College, Ausa-413520, Maharashtra, India

3Department of Physics, Sant Gadge Maharaj College, Loha-431708, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author Email: dhananjayforu@gmail.com.

Online published on 14 March, 2018.

Abstract

Cd(1-x)ZnxS (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1) thin films were deposited by the chemical bath deposition technique. Thin films were deposited on cleaned glass slide. The structural properties of deposited films were studied by using X-ray diffraction technique. XRD studies revealed that the films were crystalline with cubic and hexagonal structure. Calculated lattice parameter showed good agreement with published data card. It was observed that grain size increased with increase in Zn up to x = 0.4. Further it decreased with increasing Zn. The band gap of the thin films varied from 2.45 to 3.50 eV as x varied from 0.0 to 1.0. It was observed that changes of the small amount of Zn resulted in marked changes in the optical band gap of CdS.

Keywords

Thin film, Cd(1-x)ZnxS, CBD method, Structural properties, optical properties