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SURFACE ENGINEERING
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 596-600Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2016.1161948
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Thin films; Crystallites; Energy band gap; Resistivity
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Nanostructured CdS thin films co-doped with Mg and F were prepared on glass substrates maintained at 400 degrees C by spray technique using perfume atomiser. Structural, morphological, optical and electrical properties of the films were investigated in order to study the effect of Mg, F doping concentration. XRD patterns confirm that both undoped and co-doped CdS films exhibit hexagonal crystal structure with preferential orientation along the (0 0 2) plane. Crystallite size decreased from 33.19 to 24.51 nm with increase in Mg, F concentration. Increased transparency and blue shift in optical band gap from 2.48 to 2.75 eV is observed with increase in Mg, F concentration. All the films have resistivity in the order of 10(-2) Omega cm which decreased with co-doping. Improved optical transparency, widened band gap and decreased resistivity were observed for the CdS films simultaneously doped with Mg and F.
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