Optical band gap energy and urbach tail of CdS: Pb2+ thin films



Document title: Optical band gap energy and urbach tail of CdS: Pb2+ thin films
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000397535
ISSN: 0035-001X
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Institutions: 1Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Instituto de Ciencias, Puebla. México
2Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Puebla. México
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Energías Renovables, Temixco, Morelos. México
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 62
Number: 2
Pages: 124-128
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract PbS-doped CdS nanomaterials were successfully synthetized using chemical bath. Transmittance measurements were used to estimate the optical band gap energy. Tailing in the band gap was observed and found to obey Urbach rule. The diffraction X-ray (XRD) show that the size of cristallites is in the ~33 nm to 12 nm range. The peaks belonging to primary phase are identified at 20 = 26.5° and 20 = 26.00° corresponding to CdS and PbS respectively. Thus, a shift in maximum intensity peak from 20 = 26.4° to 28.2° is clear indication of possible transformation of cubic to hexagonal phase. Also peaks at 20 = 13.57°, 15.9° correspond to lead perchlorate thiourea. The effects on films thickness and substrate doping on the band gap energy and the width on tail were investigated. Increasing doping give rise to a shift in optical absorption edge ~0.4 eV
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Ingeniería
Keyword: Física,
Ingeniería de materiales,
Sulfuro de cadmio,
Películas delgadas,
Celdas solares,
Espacio de banda óptica,
Cola de Urbach
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Engineering,
Physics,
Materials engineering,
Cadmium sulfide,
Thin films,
Solar cells,
Optical band gap,
Urbach tail
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