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Improvement of the Photo-Activity of CdS Thin Films Using TX-100

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CdS thin films (CBD-CdS) and Triton X-100 (TX-100)-treated CdS thin films (TX100-CdS) were successfully deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting substrates using the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method at bath temperatures of 40°C, 60°C and 80°C. The two types of films were characterized for their structural, optical, morphological and electrical properties. The introduction of TX-100 was found to effectively improve the structural, optical, morphological and electrical properties of the CdS thin films at all temperatures studied and thereby the photo-activity.

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    K. K. M. B. B. Adikaram, W. G. C. Kumarage & B. S. Dassanayake

  2. Department of Science and Technology, Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, Badulla, 90000, Sri Lanka

    W. G. C. Kumarage

  3. Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka

    T. Varga & B. S. Dassanayake

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Adikaram, K.K.M.B.B., Kumarage, W.G.C., Varga, T. et al. Improvement of the Photo-Activity of CdS Thin Films Using TX-100. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 4424–4431 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07215-5

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