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Morphological evolution of CdS films prepared by chemical bath deposition

Authors: Xing-Yu Peng, Hong-Wei Gu, Teng Zhang, Fei Qu, Fa-Zhu Ding, Hong-Yan Wang

Published in: Rare Metals | Issue 4/2013

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In this article, the growth process of chemical bath deposited CdS films was systematically investigated. The structural, optical, and morphological properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), UV–Vis spectrophotometer, scanning electron microscope (SEM), respectively. CdS nanocubes with size of less than 500 nm and nanocrystallites with diameter of less than 5 nm forming in reaction solution are observed. According to the TEM results and the SEM morphological evolution of CdS films, a crystallite-by-crystallite growth mechanism is proposed to elucidate the growth process of chemical bath deposited CdS films based on the present growth mechanism.

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Title: Morphological evolution of CdS films prepared by chemical bath deposition
Authors: Xing-Yu Peng
Hong-Wei Gu
Teng Zhang
Fei Qu
Fa-Zhu Ding
Hong-Yan Wang
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Rare Metals / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1001-0521
Electronic ISSN: 1867-7185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-013-0112-3

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