International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

An Experimental Investigation of ‎Deposition of ZnS Materials on Glass ‎Substrate with SILAR‎

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Haytham El Farri
Amal Yousfi
Mounir Fahoume
Lahoucine El Gana
Latifa Znaidi
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, BP 14000, ‎ Kenitra, Morocco
10.22034/ijnn.2023.562891.2285
Abstract
   The formation of zinc sulfide (ZnS) is the most promising semiconductor material, particularly for optical and photovoltaic applications. The influence of the number of cycles on ZnS thin films deposited at room temperature was studied. According to our findings, the results showed that the number of deposition cycles affected the crystallinity, grain size, film thickness, and shape of the obtained films. The XRD analysis confirmed that the thin films fabricated had a crystalline structure of zinc blend ZnS with a preferred orientation in the plan (111). The gap energy of ZnS has been obtained in the range of 3.34 eV to 3.68 eV.
Keywords
SILAR
ZnS
XRD
Band gap energy
Sulfurization
SEM.‎
Subjects
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International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume 19, Issue 3
Summer 2023
Pages 199-207