ZnS thin film deposition on Silicon and glass substrates by Thermionic vacuum Arc

Ozkan M., Ekem N., PAT S., Balbag M. Z.

MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING, cilt.15, sa.2, ss.113-119, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.mssp.2011.07.004
  • Dergi Adı: MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.113-119
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ZnS, TVA, Thin film, Plasma, Vacuum, OPTICAL-PROPERTIES, SOLAR-CELLS, LAYERS, PHASE
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, Silicon (Si) and glass substrates were coated with Zinc sulfide (ZnS) using Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) technique for the first time. With this technique, the coating time of the samples is very short and film thickness can be controlled during the coating process. Moreover, TVA provides many advantages to deposited thin films than other techniques such as compactness, low roughness, nanostructures, homogeneities as compared to other deposition techniques. This paper presents a different technique for deposition of high-quality ZnS thin films. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to characterize the coated silicon and glass surface morphologies. Additionally, transmittances, thickness and refractive indices of coated glass samples with ZnS were measured by ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer and interferometer to characterize their optical properties. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.