Influence of deposition time on ZnS thin film growth over SiO2 and glass substrates

Cadmium effect on optical properties of Cu2Zn1−xCdxSnS4 quinternary alloys nanostructures

“…This result is supported by the literature (Xiao et al, 2013;Ramasamy et al, 2013). Thus, the optical properties of CZTS absorber layers can be improved by substituting Zn atoms with Cd atoms to produce a lower energy gap, because ZnS has a direct energy gap (3.62 eV) Hu et al, 2013;Luque et al, 2013. x=0.06 x=0.08 The PL spectra of the nanostructures are shown in Fig. 5(d).…”

Optimising conditions for the growth of nanocrystalline ZnS thin films from acidic chemical baths

“…It has applications in photonic crystal sensors [1], heterojunction diodes [2], thin film photovoltaic cells [3][4][5][6][7], optical filters [8], light emitting diodes [9] and anti-reflection coatings [10]. Several methods have been employed to synthesize thin films including spray pyrolysis [11,12], solvothermal synthesis [13,14], sol-gel [2], successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) [15], pulsed laser deposition [16], close-space sublimation [17], metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), photo-assisted MOCVD [18], RF-mganetron sputtering [19,20], electrodeposition [21,22], thermal evaporation [23], aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) [24,25], chemical bath deposition (CBD) [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and film casting method [35,36]. Among these, CBD is potentially a simple, low temperature and cost effective method to high quality thin films.…”

Effects of deposition time in chemically deposited ZnS films in acidic solution

“…Various methods have been used to prepare ZnS thin films, such as magnetron sputtering [6], plasma-assisted metalorganic chemical vapor deposition [7], chemical bath deposition (CBD) [1][2][3][4][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], electro-deposition [23] and pulsed-laser deposition [24]. Among these methods, the CBD technique is usually employed because it is very simple, cost effective, reproducible and can be used to deposit large area at moderate temperature.…”

“…In the chemical bath deposition for the ZnS thin films, there are many parameters to be controlled, including Zn source, S source, complexing agent [25][26][27], pH of the solution [3,8,12], bath temperature [13], stirring speed [22]and deposition time [1,3,11,14,15,16,28,29].…”