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Studies on Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Chemically Deposited CdS1-xSex Thin Films

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The thin films of CdS1-xSex were successfully deposited over glass substrates by chemical bath deposition technique. Cadmium acetate, thiourea and sodium selenosulfate were used as source materials for Cd2+, S2− and Se2− ions, while 2-mercaptoethanol was used as capping agent. The various deposition conditions such as precursor concentration, deposition temperature, pH and deposition time were optimized for the deposition of CdS1-xSex thin films of good quality and the films were annealed at 200° and 300 °C. The structural, morphological, chemical and optical properties were examined by various characterization techniques and discussed in detail. The optical band gap of CdS1-xSex thin film samples were estimated and found in the range from 2.11 to 1.79 eV for as-deposited and annealed thin films.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge SAIF, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for XRD and FTIR analysis, SAIF-STIC, Kochi, Kerala, for SEM and EDS measurements, Department of Chemistry, Govt. V.Y.T.P.G. Autonomous College, Durg, C.G., for UV-Visible optical absorption studies and SAIF, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, for PL studies.

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  1. Dr. Ira Nimdeokar P.G. & Research Centre for Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Hislop College, Nagpur, -440002, India

    Soumya R. Deo & Lata Deshmukh

  2. Department of Chemistry, Govt. V. Y. T. P. G. Autonomous College, Durg, 491001, India

    Ajaya K. Singh

  3. Department of Chemistry, Udai Pratap Autonomous PG College, Varanasi, UP, India

    Narendra Pratap Singh

  4. Department of Microelectronics, Technical University of Sofia, 8 St.Kliment Ohridski Boulevard, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Mariya P. Aleksandrova

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Deo, S.R., Singh, A.K., Deshmukh, L. et al. Studies on Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Chemically Deposited CdS1-xSex Thin Films. J Fluoresc 26, 459–469 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-015-1732-9

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