Effect of vacuum annealing on structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline ZnTe thin films

Effect of vacuum annealing on structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline ZnTe thin films In present study, dependence of structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline $$\hbox {Zn}_{40}\hbox {Te}_{60}$$ Zn 40 Te 60 (ZnTe) thin films on vacuum thermal annealing has been investigated. ZnTe alloy was prepared by melt quenching technique and thermally evaporated on cleansed glass substrates to deposit thin films. These films were annealed in vacuum ( $$\sim 1\times 10^{-3}$$ ∼ 1 × 10 - 3 mbar) for an hour at three different temperatures 100, 200 and 300 °C. X-ray diffraction results revealed the presence of cubic ZnTe phase in all the films along with some hexagonal Te phase. The crystallite size of ZnTe thin films improved on annealing with larger size at elevated temperatures (from 32 to 80 nm). Micro strain and dislocation density reduced owing to improvement in crystallinity after annealing. The IR transmittance increased with increase in annealing temperature. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images suggested the formation of smooth and uniform thin films with thickness of $$\sim$$ ∼ 480 nm. Optical properties revealed the decrease in transmittance and absorption edge shift due to crystallinity improvement on annealing. The optical band gap decreased from 1.37 to 0.91 eV on annealing. Experimental results show that thermal annealing has significant impact on structural and optical properties of ZnTe thin films. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Springer Journals

Effect of vacuum annealing on structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline ZnTe thin films

, Volume 29 (6) – Dec 26, 2017
7 pages

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Springer US
Subject
Materials Science; Optical and Electronic Materials; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
ISSN
0957-4522
eISSN
1573-482X
D.O.I.
10.1007/s10854-017-8460-7
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Abstract

In present study, dependence of structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline $$\hbox {Zn}_{40}\hbox {Te}_{60}$$ Zn 40 Te 60 (ZnTe) thin films on vacuum thermal annealing has been investigated. ZnTe alloy was prepared by melt quenching technique and thermally evaporated on cleansed glass substrates to deposit thin films. These films were annealed in vacuum ( $$\sim 1\times 10^{-3}$$ ∼ 1 × 10 - 3 mbar) for an hour at three different temperatures 100, 200 and 300 °C. X-ray diffraction results revealed the presence of cubic ZnTe phase in all the films along with some hexagonal Te phase. The crystallite size of ZnTe thin films improved on annealing with larger size at elevated temperatures (from 32 to 80 nm). Micro strain and dislocation density reduced owing to improvement in crystallinity after annealing. The IR transmittance increased with increase in annealing temperature. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images suggested the formation of smooth and uniform thin films with thickness of $$\sim$$ ∼ 480 nm. Optical properties revealed the decrease in transmittance and absorption edge shift due to crystallinity improvement on annealing. The optical band gap decreased from 1.37 to 0.91 eV on annealing. Experimental results show that thermal annealing has significant impact on structural and optical properties of ZnTe thin films.

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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in ElectronicsSpringer Journals

Published: Dec 26, 2017

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