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Optical and electrical properties of polyvinyl alcohol doped CdS nanoparticles prepared by sol–gel method

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In-situ technique is used to generate cadmium sulfide nanoparticles in PVA matrix. The as-prepared films are characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, ultraviolet–visible absorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and photoluminescence measurements. Temperature dependence dark conductivity measurements are made on as-deposited PVA:n-CdS nanocomposites films in order to identify the conduction mechanism. The conduction in PVA:n-CdS nanocomposites films is temperature activated process having single activation energy. Steady state photo-conductivity and transient photoconductivity measurements with intensity are done in different temperature range. The measurement shows that PVA doped CdS is good candidate for photovoltaic devices.

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This work is financially supported by UGC (Major Research Project), N. Delhi.

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  2. Department of Physics, Centre of Advanced Study in Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India

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Sharma, M., Tripathi, S.K. Optical and electrical properties of polyvinyl alcohol doped CdS nanoparticles prepared by sol–gel method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 2760–2768 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2756-2

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