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A Study of Cu-doped CdS thin film by E-beam (E-beam 제작된 Cu-doped CdS 박막에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seong-Ku;Park, Gye-Choon;Jo, Jae-Cheol;Jung, Woon-Jo;Rye, Yong-Tek
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.11a
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 1992
  • In this paper, We prepared the thin film Cu-doped CdS Photovoltaic Cell, varying deposition condition by E-beam process and investigated its properties. After the Cu/CdS films were deposited on transparent ITO glass. We heat-treated to diffuse Cu atoms to CdS fi1m at 350[$^{\circ}C$]. With deposited Cu-doped CdS film. We investigated the electrical. optical. X-ray diffraction and junction property. We studied how to prepare the High conversion efficiency Solar cell window layer.

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Carbon Nanotube Passivation layer for Increasing the Solar Water Splitting Performance of CdS/CuInGaSe Photocathode

  • Bae, Hyojung;Ko, Young-Hee;Park, Jun-Beom;Ko, Hang-Ju;Ryu, Sang-Wan;Ha, Jun-Seok
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.107-111
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    • 2019
  • We report the fabrication of a CdS/CuInGaSe (CdS/CIGS) structure with carbon nanotubes and its application as a photocathode for photoelectrochemical water splitting. CIGS thin films were fabricated using co-evaporation by RF magnetron sputtering, while CdS was fabricated by chemical bath deposition. Spray coated multi-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) film on CdS/CIGS thin film was investigated as a photocathode. The CNT-coated CdS/CIGS showed superior photocurrent density and exhibited improved photostability.

A Study on the Characteristics of CdS Thin Film by Annealing Time Change (열처리시간 변화에 의한 CdS 박막 특성에 관한연구)

  • Chung, Jae-Pil;Park, Jung-cheul
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.438-443
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    • 2021
  • This paper uses a multiplex deposition sputter system and aims to improve transmittance and reduce production costs by depositing a CdS thin film on an ITO glass substrate. When manufacturing CdS thin films, we wanted to find excellent conditions when manufacturing solar cells by changing heat treatment time. It was observed that thickness and sheet resistance were not significantly different depending on heat treatment time changes. The specific resistance was measured from a minimum of 6.68 to a maximum of 6.98. When the heat treatment time was more than 20 minutes, the transmittance was measured to be more than 75%. When the heat treatment time was 10 minutes, the bandgap was 3.665 eV and more than 20 minutes was 3.713 eV, which was measured as the same result. The XRD analysis showed that the structure of CdS was hexagonal and only CdS thin films were deposited without any other impurities. The result of calculating the FWHM was a maximum of 0.142 when the heat treatment time was 20 minutes, and a minimum of 0.133 when the heat treatment time was 40 minutes, so there was no significant difference in the FWHM when the heat treatment time was changed. The particle size was measured at 11.65 Å when the heat treatment time was 40 minutes, and at 10.93 Å when the heat treatment time was 20 minutes.

Properties of CdS Thin Films Prepared by CMD Method (CMD 방법으로 제조한 CdS 박막의 특성)

  • 정길룡;임호빈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.05a
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    • pp.46-49
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    • 1992
  • Cadmium sulfide thin films were deposited on glass substrate by Chemical Mist Deposition from solutions containing equimolar (0.1M) cadmium chloride and thiourea [(NH$_2$)$_2$CS] at a mist velocity of 1.6m/sec. Substrate temperatures were ranged between 200$^{\circ}C$ and 400$^{\circ}C$. The microstructure and semiconducting property of the films were investigated using SEM, X-ray diffraction, UV transmittance measurement and four point probe method. All the films have hexagonal structure and diffraction patterns indicate that the intensity of (112) and (101) reflections increase with increasing substrate temperature, whereas (002) reflection substrate temperature, whereas(002) reflection decrease for substrate temperatures between 250$^{\circ}C$ and 350$^{\circ}C$. The films prepared at lower temperature have a significant number of pinholes due probably to entrapped gaseous reaction. Optical transmittance of the films deposited at 350$^{\circ}C$ was about 75%. Optical bandgap of the films were 2.43eV regardless of substrate temperature. The dark resistivity of the films decreased with increasing substrate temperature up to 300$^{\circ}C$ and increased with further increasing substrate temperature. The films were photosensitive and had dark-to-light resistivity ratios of about 10 at room temperature for a white-light photoexcitation intensity of 50mw/$\textrm{cm}^2$.

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Effects of Sputter Power on the Structural and Optical Properties of CdS Thin Films (CdS 박막의 구조적, 광학적 특성에 미치는 스퍼터 전력 효과)

  • Lee, Jae-Hyeong;Choi, Sung-Hun;Jung, Hak-Kee;Lee, Jong-In;Lim, Dong-Gun;Yang, Kea-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.109-110
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    • 2005
  • Cadmium sulphide (CdS) films have been prepared on polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and Coming 7059 substrates by r.f. magnetron sputtering technique at room temperature. A comparison of the properties of the films deposited on polymer and glass substrates was performed. In addition, the influence of the sputter power on the structural and optical properties of these films was evaluated.

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Growth and optoelectrical properties for $Cd_{1-x}Zn_xS$ thin films byg Hot Wall Epitaxy method (HWE에 의한 $Cd_{1-x}Zn_xS$ 박막의 성장과 광전기적 특성)

  • Lee, Sang-Youl;Hong, Kwang-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.07a
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    • pp.304-308
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    • 2004
  • The $Cd_{1-x}Zn_xS$ thin films were grown on the Si(100) wafers by a hot wall epitaxy method(HWE). The source and substrate temperature are $600^{\circ}C\;and\;440^{\circ}C$ respectively. The crystalline structure of epilayers was investigated by double crystal X-ray diffraction(DCXD). Hall effect on the sample was measured by the van der Pauw method and studied on the carrier density and mobility dependence on temperature. In order to explore the applicability as a photoconductive cell, we measured the sensitivity($\gamma$), the ratio of photocurrent to darkcurrent(pc/dc), maximum allowable power dissipation(MAPD), spectral response and response time. The results indicated that the photoconductive characteristic were the best for the $Cd_{0.53}Zn_{0.47}S$ samples annealed in Cu vapor compare with in Cd, Se, air and vacuum vapour. Then we obtained the sensitivity of 0.99, the value of pc/dc of $1.65{\times}10^7$, the MAPD of 338mW, and the rise and decay time of 9.7ms and 9.3ms, respectively

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Photocurrent Study on the Splitting of the Valence Band and Growth of $CdIn_2S_4$/GaAs Single Crystal Thin Film by Hot Wall Epitaxy (Hot Wall Epitaxy(HWE)법에 의해 성장된 $CdIn_2S_4$ 단결정 박막의 가전자대 갈라짐에 대한 광전류 연구)

  • Baek, Seung-Nam;Hong, Kwang-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.79-80
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    • 2006
  • A stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for $CdIn_2S_4$ single crystal thin films was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, $CdIn_2S_4$ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-Insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the Hot Wall Epitaxy (HWE) system. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $CdIn_2S_4$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation. $E_g(T)=2.7116 eV-(7.74{\times}10^{-4} eV)T^2/(T+434)$. The crystal field and the spin-orbit splitting energies for the valence band of the $CdIn_2S_4$ have been estimated to be 0.1291 eV and 0.0248 eV, respectively, by means of the photocurrent spectra and the Hopfield quasicubic model. These results indicate that the splitting of the ${\Delta}so$ definitely exists in the ${\Gamma}_5$ states of the valence band of the $AgInS_2$/GaAs epilayer. The three photocurrent peaks observed at 10K are ascribed to the $A_1-$, $B_1-$, and C1-exciton peaks for n = 1.

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Growth and Photocurrent Properties of CdIn2S4/GaAs Single Crystal Thin Film by Hot Wall Epitaxy (Hot Wall Epitaxy 법에 의한 CdIn2S4 단결정 박막의 성장과 광전류 특성)

  • Lee, Sang-Youl;Hong, Kwang-Joon;Park, Jin-Sung
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.309-318
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    • 2002
  • A stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for $CdIn_2S_4$ single crystal thin films was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, $CdIn_2S_4$ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the Hot Wall Epitaxy (HWE) system. The source and substrate temperatures were $630^{\circ}C$ and $420^{\circ}C$, respectively. The crystalline structure of the single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of $CdIn_2S_4$ single crystal thin films measured with Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $9.01{\times}10^{16}\;cm^{-3}$ and $219\;cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ at 293 K, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $CdIn_2S_4$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)=2.7116\;eV-(7.74{\times}10^{-4}\;eV)T^2/(T+434)$. The crystal field and the spin-orbit splitting energies for the valence band of the $CdIn_2S_4$ have been estimated to be 0.1291 eV and 0.0248 eV, respectively, by means of the photocurrent spectra and the Hopfield quasi cubic model. These results indicate that the splitting of the ${\Delta}so$ definitely exists in the ${\Gamma}5$ states of the valence band of the $AgInS_2$/GaAs epilayer. The three photocurrent peaks observed at 10K areascribed to the $A_1$-, $B_1$-, and C1-exciton peaks for n = 1.