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Swift heavy ion induced modifications in optical and electrical properties of cadmium selenide thin films

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The modification in various properties of thin films using high energetic ion beam is an exciting area of basic and applied research in semiconductors. In the present investigations, cadmium selenide (CdSe) thin films were deposited on ITO substrate using electrodeposition technique. To study the swift heavy ion (SHI) induced effects, the deposited thin films were irradiated with 120 MeV heavy Ag9+ ions using pelletron accelerator facility at IUAC, New Delhi, India. Structural phase transformation in CdSe thin film from metastable cubic phase to stable hexagonal phase was observed after irradiation leading to decrease in the band gap from 2.47 eV to 2.12 eV. The phase transformation was analyzed through X-ray diffraction patterns. During SHI irradiation, Generation of high temperature and pressure by thermal spike along the trajectory of incident ions in the thin films might be responsible for modification in the properties of thin films.

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Choudhary, R., Chauhan, R.P. Swift heavy ion induced modifications in optical and electrical properties of cadmium selenide thin films. Electron. Mater. Lett. 13, 330–338 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-017-6231-5

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