Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9783185 | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Thin films of cadmium oxide were thermally deposited on glass substrates at partial pressures of oxygen, pO2 in the range 1.33Ã10â2 to 0.133 Pa at a substrate temperature of 160 °C. Energy dispersive analysis of X-ray fluorescence (EDAX) revealed that the CdO films deposited at pO2 value of 4.00Ã10â2 Pa were nearly stoichiometric. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) confirmed the polycrystalline nature of the film structure. All the films showed an fcc structure of the NaCl-type, as the dominant phase. The films exhibited preferred orientation along the (1 1 1) diffraction plane. The texture coefficients calculated for the various planes at different oxygen partial pressures (pO2) indicated that the maximum preferred orientation of the films occurred along the (1 1 1) plane at an oxygen partial pressure of 4.00Ã10â2 Pa. This was interpreted in terms of oxygen chemisorption and desorption processes. The lattice parameters determined from the diffraction peaks were in the range 4.655-4.686 Ã
. The average lattice parameter a0 found by extrapolation using the Nelson-Riley function was 4.696Â Ã
. Both the lattice parameter and the crystallite size were found to increase with increased partial pressure of oxygen. On the other hand, the strain and dislocation density were found to decrease as the partial pressure of oxygen was raised. A maximum (80%) in the optical transmittance at λ=600 nm and minimum in the electrical resistivity (9.1Ã10â4 Ω cm) of the films occurred at an optimum partial pressure of oxygen of 4.00Ã10â2 Pa. The results are discussed.
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Authors
F.C. Eze,