Effect of gallium doping on the characteristic properties of polycrystalline cadmium telluride thin film

OJO, A.A. and DHARMADASA, I (2017). Effect of gallium doping on the characteristic properties of polycrystalline cadmium telluride thin film. Journal of Electronic Materials, 46 (8), 5127-5135.

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Abstract

Ga-doped CdTe polycrystalline thin films were successfully electrodeposited on glass/fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates from aqueous electrolytes containing cadmium nitrate (Cd(NO3)2⸱4H2O) and tellurium oxide (TeO2). The effects of different Ga-doping concentrations on the CdTe:Ga coupled with different post-growth treatments were studied by analysing the structural, optical, morphological and electronic properties of the deposited layers using X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, scanning electron microscopy, photoelectrochemical cell measurement and direct-current conductivity test respectively. XRD results show diminishing (111)C CdTe peak above 20 ppm Ga-doping and appearance of (301)M GaTe diffraction above 50 ppm Ga-doping indicating the formation of two phases; CdTe and GaTe . Although, reductions in the absorption edge slopes were observed above 20 ppm Ga-doping for the as-deposited CdTe:Ga layer, no obvious influence on the energy gap of CdTe films with Ga-doping were detected. Morphologically, reductions in grain size were observed at 50 ppm Ga-doping and above with high pinhole density within the layer. For the as-deposited CdTe:Ga layers, conduction type change from n- to p- were observed at 50 ppm, while the n-type conductivity were retained after post-growth treatment. Highest conductivity was observed at 20 ppm Ga-doping of CdTe. These results are systematically reported in this paper

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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Advanced Coatings and Composites Research Centre > Electronic Materials and Sensors Research Group
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-017-5519-4
Page Range: 5127-5135
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 11 Apr 2017 16:12
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 15:18
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15541

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