Morphological properties of Ag2SeTe nano thin films prepared by thermal evaporation

C. Vijayan, N. Soundararajan, R. Chandramohan, V. Dhanasekaran, K. Sundaram, K. Neyvasagam, T. Mahalingam

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Abstract

Semiconducting silver selenide telluride (Ag2SeTe) thin films were prepared with different thicknesses onto glass substrates at room temperature using thermal evaporation technique. The structural properties were determined as a function of thickness by X-ray diffraction exhibiting no preferential orientation along any plane; however, the films are found to have peaks corresponding to mixed phase. The morphology of these films was studied using scanning electron microscope and atomic force microscopy respectively, and is reported. The morphological properties are found to be very sensitive to the thin film thickness. The composition of the films is also estimated using energy dispersive analysis using X-rays and are also reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-272
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Microscopy
Volume243
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011

Keywords

  • AFM
  • Morphological studies
  • SEM

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