The influence of CdS quantum dots incorporation on the properties of CdO thin films
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2013
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EDP SCIENCES S A
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Özet
The aim of our work is to obtain nano-structured cadmium oxide (CdO) thin films by sol-gel spin coating method and to investigate the effects of cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs) doping on the structural modification and surface morphology evolution. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that the intensities of the peaks of the crystalline phase increase with the increase in CdS QDs concentrations. From scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images, the distinct variations in the morphology of the thin films were also observed. In addition, the evolution of surface morphology, roughness and granularity has been characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Moreover, we have performed the optical characteristics of the thin films such as transparency, energy band gap and Urbach tail. The optical band gap of the thin films increases from 2.23 to 2.51 eV with the increase in CdS QDs concentrations due to the Moss-Burstein effect. The enhanced values of the transparency, energy band gap and crystallity indicate that addition of CdS QDs can be used to modify the optical, structural and morphological properties of CdO thin films.
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-APPLIED PHYSICS
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Q4
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Q3
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64
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3
