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Optical and electrical properties of ZnSe films grown by hydrochemical deposition

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Zinc selenide films have been produced by hydrochemical deposition through reaction between zinc oxide and selenium in the presence of hydrazine and sodium sulfite in an alkaline solution. Independent of deposition conditions, the films consist of sphalerite ZnSe and have a band gap in the range 2.6–2.7 eV. With increasing sodium sulfite concentration in solution, the average grain size increases to 0.75 μm (at Zn2+:SO 2−3 = 1: 10).

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  1. Institute for Single Crystals Science and Technology Complex, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Lenina 60, Kharkov, 61001, Ukraine

    E. M. Sofronova & D. S. Sofronov

  2. Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (National Technical University), vul. Frunze 21, Kharkov, 61002, Ukraine

    V. V. Starikov & E. I. Kostenyukova

  3. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, pr. Lenina 30, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    A. M. Lebedynskiy

  4. Institute for Single Crystals, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pr. Lenina 60, Kharkov, 61001, Ukraine

    P. V. Mateychenko

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Original Russian Text © E.M. Sofronova, V.V. Starikov, D.S. Sofronov, E.I. Kostenyukova, A.M. Lebedynskiy, P.V. Mateychenko, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 960–966.

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Sofronova, E.M., Starikov, V.V., Sofronov, D.S. et al. Optical and electrical properties of ZnSe films grown by hydrochemical deposition. Inorg Mater 51, 884–890 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515080154

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