Fig. 1. TEM images of synthesized Ag2Se nanoparticles
Fig. 2. EDX spectrum taken from Ag2Se nanoparticles
Fig. 3. XPS spectra of synthesized Ag2Se nanoparticles.
Fig. 4. XRD patterns of Ag2Se films, annealed at 100 ℃ and annealed at 150 ℃.
Fig. 5. (a) Absorbance and (b) (αhv)2 vs. hc curves of Ag2Se thin films
Fig. 6. (a) The attained film thickness of Ag2Se films annealed at 150 ℃, as a function of the spin speed and (b) Transient photocurrent characteristics obtained for the Ag2Se based photodetector, as a function of film thicknesses.
Fig. 7. The extracted representative parameters, corresponding to film thickness: (a) R, D and (b) G, S.
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