Citation: SHI Cheng-Wu, CHEN Zhu, SHI Gao-Yang, SUN Ren-Jie. Preparation of Large Grain and Dense CdS Thin Films Using Ultrasonic Agitation Chemical Bath Deposition[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2011, 27(12): 2821-2825. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20112821 shu

Preparation of Large Grain and Dense CdS Thin Films Using Ultrasonic Agitation Chemical Bath Deposition

SHI Cheng-Wu ^1,2, ,
CHEN Zhu ^1,2 ,
SHI Gao-Yang ^1,2 ,
SUN Ren-Jie ¹

1.
1. School of Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P. R. China;
2. Key Laboratory of Novel Thin FilmSolar Cells, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, P. R. China

Received Date: 14 July 2011
Available Online: 29 September 2011
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金(51072043) (51072043) 973 计划重大科学问题导向项目(2011CBA00700) (2011CBA00700) 安徽省年度重点科研计划项目(2010AKND0794) (2010AKND0794) 安徽省高校自然科学基金(KJ2010A266) (KJ2010A266)合肥工业大学学生创新基金(cxsy102084)资助项目 (cxsy102084)

We deposited CdS thin films onto F-doped SnO₂ transparent conductive glass by ultrasonic agitation chemical bath deposition (UCBD). The influence of the annealing and CdCl₂-treatment on the surface morphology, crystal structure, and direct band gap of the UCBD-CdS thin films was investigated. The effect of deposition time on the grain size of the CdS aggregates and the stack denseness of the UCBD-CdS thin films was compared. The results reveal that the small grains in the CdS aggregates were melted together and the CdS aggregate size did not change in the UCBD-CdS thin films after the CdCl₂-treatment procedure. It is interesting that the ratio of the horizontal to vertical deposition rate varied with deposition time over the deposition period of the UCBD-CdS thin films. The deposition time was very important to obtain large CdS aggregate grains and dense UCBD-CdS thin films. Over a deposition time of 40 min the resulting UCBD-CdS thin films were dense and had a 180 nm grain size of CdS aggregates and a 80.8 nm of thin film thickness. The large-grained and dense UCBD-CdS thin films were suitable for thin film solar cells as a window layer.
- CdS thin film,
- Ultrasonic agitation,
- Chemical bath deposition,
- Deposition time,
- Annealing,
- CdCl₂-treatment
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