The thermoluminescence properties of CdS films under nitrogen atmosphere Metin, H [Mersin University, Department of Physics, 33343 Mersin (Turkey)]; Erat, S [Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics, EMPA-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, CH-8600 Duebendorf (Switzerland)]; Department of Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, ETH Zuerich-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8053 Zuerich (Switzerland)]; Emen, F M [Kirklareli University, Department of Chemistry, Kirklareli (Turkey)]; Kafadar, V; Yazici, A N [Gaziantep University, Department of Engineering Physics, Gaziantep (Turkey)]; Ari, M [Erciyes University, Department of Physics, Kayseri (Turkey)]; Kulcu, N [Mersin University, Department of Chemistry, 33343 Mersin (Turkey)] 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ANNEALING; BETA SOURCES; CADMIUM SULFIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EV RANGE 01-10; GLOW CURVE; MILLI EV RANGE; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STRONTIUM 90; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THIN FILMS; YTTRIUM 90; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; EV RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FILMS; HEAT TREATMENTS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTON EMISSION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; EV RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FILMS; HEAT TREATMENTS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTON EMISSION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES Chemically deposited cadmium sulphide (CdS) films have been grown on glass at 60 {sup o}C and annealed at nitrogen atmosphere at different temperatures. The as-deposited film shows a mix phase of cubic and hexagonal. Once the film subjected to annealing the hexagonal phase becomes dominant and the crystal size increases due to these changes optical band gap energy decreases from 2.44 to 2.28 eV. The electrical conductivity increases depending on temperature and the film annealed at 423 K shows the highest conductivity. Thermoluminescence (TL) intensity of the films was measured after irradiating the films with {sup 90}Sr/{sup 90}Y {beta}-source and the trap depths were calculated after the TL curves deconvoluted by using the computer glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) method. It is observed that the as-deposited film has three different trap depths, at around 0.257, 0.372, and 0.752 eV corresponding to 383, 473, and 608 K, respectively. Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.03.025 Netherlands 2010-08-15 English Journal Article Journal Name: Journal of Luminescence; Journal Volume: 130; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.03.025; PII: S0022-2313(10)00137-7; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved. Medium: X; Size: page(s) 1531-1538 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.03.025 [] 8 130 Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2313; JLUMA8; TRN: NL10S2676025700 NLN 2012-12-21 21426149