Effects of annealing on ZnS films produced by CBD method

Özlem Yılmaz; Sevda İldan Özmen; Hülya Metin Gübür

doi:10.17776/csj.931975

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Effects of annealing on ZnS films produced by CBD method

Abstract

The Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) thin films were produced at 60 ºC on glass slides with the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method. The ZnS films were annealed for 1 hour at different temperatures in the air atmosphere. UV-visible spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), four-point probe technique and Hall-effect measurement techniques were used to examine the thermal annealing's effect on the films' optical, structural, and electrical properties. It was observed that with increased annealing temperature, the film thickness increased and thus the energy band gap decreased. It was seen that the particle size of the ZnS films grew depending on the annealing temperature, and the crystal structure turned into an amorphous structure. Finally, it was determined that with the impact of annealing the carrier type did not change, and the conductivity of the ZnS thin films increased.

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Supporting Institution

Scientific Research Project Fund of Mersin University

Project Number

2017-2-TP3-2593 and 2017-2-TP2-2573

Thanks

The authors would like to thank the Mersin University Advanced Technology Education Research and Application Center (MEİTAM) for its technical support and Prof. Dr. Ramazan Esen for the Hall measurements.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Classical Physics (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özlem Yılmaz
0000-0002-5276-5668
Türkiye

Sevda İldan Özmen ^*
0000-0002-4222-0330
Türkiye

Hülya Metin Gübür
0000-0002-5796-5028
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 24, 2021

Submission Date

May 3, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 24, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 42 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.931975

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA76AG65ZT

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Yılmaz, Ö., İldan Özmen, S., & Metin Gübür, H. (2021). Effects of annealing on ZnS films produced by CBD method. Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 42(3), 735-742. https://doi.org/10.17776/csj.931975

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