Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation

Nanocrystalline Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates using electron beam evaporation technique. The effect of substrate temperature on the structural, morphological and optical properties of CdTe thin films has been investigated. All the CdTe films exhibited zinc...

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Main Authors: M. Rigana Begam, N. Madhusudhana Rao, S. Kaleemulla, M. Shobana, N. Sai Krishna, M. Kuppan
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Published: Sumy State University 2013-07-01
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Online Access:http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/3/articles/jnep_2013_V5_03019.pdf
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author M. Rigana Begam
N. Madhusudhana Rao
S. Kaleemulla
M. Shobana
N. Sai Krishna
M. Kuppan
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description Nanocrystalline Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates using electron beam evaporation technique. The effect of substrate temperature on the structural, morphological and optical properties of CdTe thin films has been investigated. All the CdTe films exhibited zinc blende structure with (111) preferential orientation. The crystallite size of the films increased from 35 nm to 116 nm with the increase of substrate temperature and the band gap of the films decreased from 2.87 eV to 2.05 eV with the increase of the crystallite size.
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spelling doaj-art-363b9cdd67fd4d4f9a357435e7e3778e2025-08-20T03:55:07ZengSumy State UniversityЖурнал нано- та електронної фізики2077-67722013-07-015303019-103019-4Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam EvaporationM. Rigana Begam0N. Madhusudhana Rao1S. Kaleemulla2M. Shobana3N. Sai Krishna4M. Kuppan5Thin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaThin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaThin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaThin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaThin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaThin Films Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore – 632 014, Tamilnadu, IndiaNanocrystalline Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates using electron beam evaporation technique. The effect of substrate temperature on the structural, morphological and optical properties of CdTe thin films has been investigated. All the CdTe films exhibited zinc blende structure with (111) preferential orientation. The crystallite size of the films increased from 35 nm to 116 nm with the increase of substrate temperature and the band gap of the films decreased from 2.87 eV to 2.05 eV with the increase of the crystallite size.http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/3/articles/jnep_2013_V5_03019.pdfCdTe thin filmsElectron beam evaporationStructural propertiesOptical propertie
spellingShingle M. Rigana Begam
N. Madhusudhana Rao
S. Kaleemulla
M. Shobana
N. Sai Krishna
M. Kuppan
Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
CdTe thin films
Electron beam evaporation
Structural properties
Optical propertie
title Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
title_full Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
title_fullStr Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
title_short Effect of Substrate Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline CdTe Thin Films Deposited by Electron Beam Evaporation
title_sort effect of substrate temperature on structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline cdte thin films deposited by electron beam evaporation
topic CdTe thin films
Electron beam evaporation
Structural properties
Optical propertie
url http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2013/3/articles/jnep_2013_V5_03019.pdf
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