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The results obtained by investigating the surface morphology and optical properties of thin CdS films formed on transparent glass and glass/indium-tin oxide (ITO) substrates via the chemical and electro-chemical methods are presented. Thin cadmium sulfide films are employed as optical windows in thin-film polycrystalline solar cells. Closely packed cadmium sulfide nanoparticles are observed on the conducting oxide (ITO) surface by means of atomic-force microscopy. Large particles (150–300 nm) comprise smaller particles with sizes of 20–30 nm. Thin CdS layers are characterized by a relatively high level of transmission (∼60%) in the long-wavelength spectral region (520–600 nm).
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Dergacheva, M.B., Mit’, K.A., Urazov, K.A. et al. Electron microscopic study of thin CdS films. J. Surf. Investig. 7, 1270–1276 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451013130053
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