A Comparison study of two Indium free alternative Cadmium based TCO thin films for optoelectronic applications
| Author(s) | : | P. Sakthivel, R. Murugan, S. Asaithambi, M. Karuppaiah, R.Yuvakkumar |
| Institution | : | Department of physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi -630 004, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 19 — January 2018 |
| Page No. | : | - |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The structural, compositional, optical and electrical properties of pure CdO thin films deposited on glasssubstrates by RF magnetron sputtering technique are compared with Cd2SnO4 thin films grown by the similar technique withthe same deposition conditions. The films properties were characterized by XRD, AFM, EDS, UV-Visible spectroscopy andHall Effect measurement. XRD analysis confirmed that Cd2SnO4 thin films crystallized into spinal cubic structure and CdOthin film has cubic structure with preferential orientation along (111) direction. The EDS spectra confirmed the presence ofcadmium (Cd), oxygen (O) and Tin (Sn) in the appropriate films. The electrical and optical studies shows that Cd2SnO4 thinfilms have higher conductivity with similar transmittance in visible range compared to pure CdO thin films due to Sn dopingeffects.
P. Sakthivel, R. Murugan, S. Asaithambi, M. Karuppaiah, R.Yuvakkumar, “A Comparison study of two Indium free alternative Cadmium based TCO thin films for optoelectronic applications”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 19, pp. -, January 2018.
