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Effects of paste composition and heat-treatment conditions on the microstructure of polycrystalline CdS1−x Se x films

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We have studied the effects of flux content, synthesis procedure, and grinding conditions of CdS1−x Se x powders for paste preparation on the composition and microstructure of films produced by screen printing. The results demonstrate that, to obtain single-phase polycrystalline CdS1−x Se x films with well-formed grain boundaries, the flux content of the paste must lie in the range 10–12 wt %, and the solid solution with necessary doping impurities should be presynthesized. The powder must be ground to a particle size no greater than 6 μm.

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  1. Lomonosov State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, pr. Vernadskogo 86, Moscow, 119571, Russia

    D. M. Strateichuk & R. Kh. Akchurin

  2. Institute of Electronics, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, Logoiskii trakt 22, Minsk, 220090, Belarus

    E. F. Ostretsov, L. N. Survilo & Yu. V. Trofimov

  3. Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory 1/3, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    V. I. Shtanov

  4. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya ul. 13/19, Moscow, 125412, Russia

    I. A. Ryzhikov

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Original Russian Text © D.M. Strateichuk, E.F. Ostretsov, V.I. Shtanov, L.N. Survilo, Yu.V. Trofimov, I.A. Ryzhikov, R.Kh. Akchurin, 2008, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 10–16.

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Strateichuk, D.M., Ostretsov, E.F., Shtanov, V.I. et al. Effects of paste composition and heat-treatment conditions on the microstructure of polycrystalline CdS1−x Se x films. Inorg Mater 44, 6–12 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168508010020

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