Abstract
This study deals with the crystal growth and the optical characteristics of CdS thin films activatedby silver. CdS:Ag thin films were deposited by using an electron beam evaporation(EBE) technique in vacuumof 1.5X 10-'torr, voltage of 4 kV, current of 2.5 mA and substrate temperature of 250$^{\circ}$C CdS:Ag photoconductivefilms prepared by EBE method show high photoconductivity after annealing at about 550"c for 0.5 h in air andAr gas.The grain size of CdS:Ag thin films annealed in Ar atmosphere (1 atm) was grown over 1 ym and the thicknessof the films is 4-5 pm. The analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the crystal structures are hexagonal.The diffraction line by (00.2) plane can only be observed, indicating that c-axis of hexagonal grows preferentiallyperpendicular to the substrate. The profiles of photoluminescence spectra of CdS:Ag films show Gaussian typecurves at room temperature, the maximum peak spectral sensitivity of CdS:Ag is located at the wavelength of520 nm.We annealed CdS:Ag thin films in air and Ar vapor in order to make the CdS photoconductors having theintensive photocurrent, the broad distribution of the photocurrent spectrum and the large value of the ratioof the photocurrent (pc) to the dark current(dc). We found that CdS:Ag thin films annealed in air atmospherewas the best one.air atmosphere was the best one.
E-Beam 기법을 이용하여 증착시킨 Ag doped CdS 박막은 육방정계이고 공기, Ar 분위기에서 $^550{\circ}C$로 열처리한 결과 grain size가 1$mu extrm{m}$ 정도로 성장되었고, Van Der Pauw 방법으로 구한 Hall data로부터 CdS crystal은 n형 반도체이고 상온에서의 carrier 농 도는 2.7 $\times$ 1011cm-3이고 Hall mobility는 5.8 $\times$ 102cm2V-1sec-1정도임을 알 수 있었다. CdS : Ag 박막의 PL spectra는 Gaussian curve를 보여주었고, spectra peak는 파장이 520nm 근처에 위치하고 있으며, CdS : Ag 박막에서의 광전류(pc)와 암전류(dc)의 ratio(pc/dc)는 공기 중에서 열처리한 시료의 값이 크다는 것을 알 수 있었다.