Electrochemical deposition and characterization of Cd-Fe-Se thin films Book uri icon

abstract

  • Cadmium iron selenide (Cd-Fe-Se) thin films were deposited onto tin oxide (SnO2) coated conducting glass substrates from an aqueous electrolytic bath containing CdSO4, FeSO4 and SeO2 by potentiostatic electrodeposition. The deposition potentials of Cadmium (Cd), Iron (Fe), Selenium (Se) and Cadmium-Iron-Selenide (Cd-Fe-Se) were determined from linear cathodic polarization curves. The deposited films were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive analysis by x-rays (EDX) and optical absorption techniques, respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the deposited films are found to be hexagonal structure with preferential orientation along (100) plane. The effect of FeSO4 concentration on structural, morphological, compositional and optical properties of the films are studied and discussed in detail.

author list (cited authors)

  • Thanikaikarasan, S., Mahalingam, T., Sundaram, K., Kim, T., Kim, Y. D., & Velumani, S.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Thanikaikarasan, S||Mahalingam, T||Sundaram, K||Kim, Taekyu||Kim, Yong Deak||Velumani, S

publication date

  • July 2009