The vapor controller effect on physical properties of CdTe thin films

TL;DR

This study investigates how a novel vapor controller system influences the optical and structural properties of nanocrystalline CdTe thin films, demonstrating improvements in structure and tunable band gap through different vapor control methods.

Contribution

Introduces a new vapor controller system with a rotating cylinder for improved fabrication of CdTe thin films, affecting their structural and optical properties.

Findings

Structural properties improved by vapor control system

Band gap of CdTe films can be tuned

Vapor control affects film quality and properties

Abstract

This paper reports the optical and structural properties of 400 nm nanocrystalline cadmium telluride thin films fabricated using a new vapor controller system in vacuum. This system is indeed a rotating cylinder placed in the material steam path during coating process. The upper cross section of the cylinder has one arc groove allowing the steam to pass through. Three type samples were made under different vapor controlling conditions namely; without controller system (conventional method), with rotating cylinder, and with upper cross section of the cylinder alone which acts as a rotating shutter. The prepared samples have been studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and UV-Vis Spectroscopy techniques. The results show, not only the structural properties were improved by this technique but also the band gap of samples were changed.