Title

QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT ON THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF RF MAGNETRON SPUTTERED NANOCRYSTALLINE CADMIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS.

Authors

SAHA, B.; THAPA, R.; DAS, N. S.; CHATTOPADHYAY, K. K.

Abstract

CdO thin film with different thickness and different particle size are prepared through radio frequency magnetron sputtering technique. Quantum confinement effect causes the significant changes in their optical properties showing significant changes in the optical band gap. The CdO films are very highly conducting and transparent. Transparent and conducting thin films of CdO with effectively increased optical band gap are very useful for different device applications like solar cell, optoelectronic devices.

Subjects

MAGNETRON sputtering; OPTICAL properties of metals; NANOCRYSTALS; CADMIUM compounds; QUANTUM chemistry; THIN films; THICKNESS measurement; PARTICLE size distribution; OPTOELECTRONIC devices; SOLAR cells

Publication

International Journal of Nanoscience, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 4/5, p713

ISSN

0219-581X

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1142/S0219581X11009003