Effect of AACVD processing parameters on the growth of greenockite (CdS) thin films using a single-source cadmium precursor

Muhammad Ali Ehsan; Huang Nay Ming; Misni Misran; Zainudin Arifin; Edward R.T. Tiekink; Ahmad P. Safwan; Mehdi Ebadi; Wan J. Basirun; Muhammad Mazhar

doi:10.1002/cvde.201206988

Effect of AACVD processing parameters on the growth of greenockite (CdS) thin films using a single-source cadmium precursor

Muhammad Ali Ehsan^*
, Huang Nay Ming
, Misni Misran
, Zainudin Arifin
, Edward R.T. Tiekink
, Ahmad P. Safwan
, Mehdi Ebadi
, Wan J. Basirun
, Muhammad Mazhar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Greenockite (CdS) nanostructured thin films are deposited on soda and FTO conducting glass substrates by aerosol-assisted (AA)CVD using a single-source precursor bis-(N,N-dicylcohexyldithiocarbamato)(pyridine)cadmium(II), Cd[S ₂CNCy ₂] ₂.py (1), in pyridine, toluene, and THF solutions in the temperature range 350-450 °C. The precursor 1, characterized by physicochemical methods, undergoes facile thermal decomposition at 350 °C to give a stable residual mass of CdS. The thin films deposited from pyridine solution, and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) techniques, exhibit a band gap of 2.4 eV and a photocurrent density of 1.3 mA cm ^-2 at 0.4 V versus Ag/AgCl/3M KCl, suggesting their suitability for application in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-200
Number of pages	10
Journal	Chemical Vapor Deposition
Volume	18
Issue number	7-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.201206988
State	Published - Sep 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cadmium
Nanostructures
S-ligand
Thin films

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
Surfaces and Interfaces
Process Chemistry and Technology

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Effect of AACVD processing parameters on the growth of greenockite (CdS) thin films using a single-source cadmium precursor

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