Study of CdS epitaxial films chemically deposited from aqueous solutions on InP single crystals
- Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France). Physique des Liquides et Electrochimie
- Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris (France). Lab. d`Electrochimie et de Chimie Analytique
Epitaxial growth of cadmium sulfide on InP single crystals is achieved by chemical bath deposition (CBD) in ammonia solutions at near room temperature. A better understanding of the correlations between the deposition parameters (temperature, bath composition) and the epitaxial quality is obtained by using electron diffraction and transmission techniques, x-ray diffraction, in combination with Raman spectroscopy. They are supplemented by electrochemical impedance and photocurrent experiments which give information on energetic structures between InP and CBD-CdS. Direct relations between the substrate properties and the growth habits of the CdS film (hexagonal vs. cubic, epitaxial vs. polycrystalline) are found.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 110125
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 142, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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