PHY032 Structural Characteristics of Nanostructured Cadmium-Tin Selenide Thin Films Prepared by Co-Sputtering

Abstract

In this work, nanostructured cadmium tin selenide (CdSnSe) thin films were deposited on glass substrates by dc plasma sputtering technique. The sputtered target was prepared by the thermal casting of Cd, Sn and Se samples at 350°C. The structural characterizations showed that the prepared targets were polycrystalline while the deposited CdSnSe films exhibited amorphous structure due to the growth of nanostructures on the substrates, which was also confirmed by the scanning electron microscopy. These films showed high absorption in the ultraviolet and visible regions while low absorption was observed in the near-infrared region (>800nm). They have two allowed types of energy band gaps; indirect at 1.233eV and direct at 1.655eV. The dispersion relationship showed that these films have approximately constant refractive index in the visible region, which is attributed to the optical homogeneity of the prepared films.