Studies on electrosynthesized zinc mercury selenide alloys

Hosun Moon, A. Kathalingam, Thaiyan Mahalingam, J. P. Chu, Yong Deak Kim

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Abstract

Zn 1-xHgx xSe ternary alloy thin films with x ranging from 0.14 to 0.5 have been deposited on conducting glass substrates by electrodeposition from aqueous bath containing ZnSO 4, HgCl 2 and SeO 2 at bath temperatures from 30 ° to 80 °. The influence of deposition parameters on the crystallinity, composition, band gap and lattice constants of the film is studied. The films deposited at the potentials between -0.4V and -1.0V vs SCE at 70 ° were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), scanning electron microscope and optical absorption technique. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar cells based on Hg xZn 1-xSe thin film electrodes were constructed and the effects of annealing and photo etching on solar cell parameters were studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1013-1019
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2007

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