CdCl2 treatment and its role in enhancing photodetection properties of CdTe and Cd1-xZnxTe films

IF 3.9 3区材料科学 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Materials Science and Engineering: B Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI:10.1016/j.mseb.2025.118208

S. Yılmaz , B.M. Başol , İ. Polat , M.Taykurt Daday , M. Tomakin , T. Küçükömeroğlu , E. Bacaksız

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Abstract

Close space sublimated CdTe and Cd_1-xZn_xTe (CZT) films were grown on glass substrates and CdCl₂ activation was applied on these films to improve their physical, optical and electrical characteristics for photodetector applications. X-ray diffraction data showed that CdCl₂ treatment of CdTe caused a reduction in the dislocation density and microstrain, whereas Zn incorporation/CdCl₂ treatment slightly increased these values compared to the as-deposited CdTe films. Morphological examination indicated that CdCl₂ activation transformed grains from faceted to rounded shape for both CdTe and CZT films. A band gap enlargement was observed from 1.45 eV to 1.47 eV for both CdTe and CZT films upon CdCl₂ treatment. CdCl₂-treated CZT films were used to fabricate photodetectors that exhibited the highest performance with a rise/fall time of 27/28 ms, sensitivity of 1301 %, responsivity of 0.0143 A/W, detectivity of 5.7x10⁷ Jones and external quantum efficiency of 4.0 % under blue light illumination at 2 V.

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Materials Science and Engineering: B 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

5.60

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2.80%

发文量

481

审稿时长

3.5 months

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