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CdS and indium doped CdS thin films have been prepared by the spray pyrolysis method. The optical band gaps of CdS and doped CdS were found to be 2.35 and 2.39 eV, respectively. The carrier concentration of doped CdS, calculated from an optical method, was found to be 7.5×1018 cm-3. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed that the films were polycrystalline and exhibited hexagonal structure. In order to calculate theoretical XRD intensity values for CdS, the structure factor ⌊F(hkl)⌋2 was derived. The temperature correction factor was employed for both Cd and S to correct intensity values. The theoretically calculated XRD intensity values of (hkl) coincided with those of experimental values. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Subba Ramaiah, K., Sundara Raja, V. & Sharon, M. Optical and structural investigations on spray-deposited CdS films. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 9, 261–265 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008812303380
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