Author(s)

A. Hasnat, J. Podder

Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Department of Physics, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Effect of annealing temperature on the properties of CdS thin films are carried out in this work. Nanocrystalline cadmium sulphide (CdS) thin films were prepared using spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) technique and the structural, optical and electrical properties were investigated for different annealing temperature (as deposited, 300, 400 & 500 C). The surface morphology and compositional properties studied by SEM and EDX respectively. The crystal structure of CdS thin film was studied by X-ray diffraction. The crystallite size and lattice constant of SPD CdS thin films were investigated. The optical parameters such as transmittance, absorption coefficient and energy band gap of the films with thermal annealing temperature was investigated by UV/VIS spectrophotometer. The variation of band gap values of CdS thin film samples were found to be in the range of 2.51 to 2.8 eV. Electrical resistivity measurements were carried out in fourprobe Vander Pauw method at different temperature. So CdS films may be a good candidate for suitable application in various optoelectronic devices.

Spray Pyrolysis; CdS; Annealing Temperature; Structural; Optical Band Gap

A. Hasnat and J. Podder, "Effect of Annealing Temperature on Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Pure CdS Thin Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis Technique," Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 2 No. 4, 2012, pp. 226-231. doi: 10.4236/ampc.2012.24034.