Properties of CdTe nanocrystalline thin films grown on different substrates by low temperature sputtering
不同衬底上纳米晶CdTe薄膜的低温制备及光性能研究

CdTe nanocrystalline thin films have been prepared on glass, Si and Al2O3 substrates by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering at liquid nitrogen temperature. The crystal structure and morphology of the films were charac-terized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The XRD examina-tions revealed that CdTe films on glass and Si had a better crystal quality and higher preferential orientation along the (111) plane than the Al2O3. FESEM observations revealed a continuous and dense morphology of CdTe films on glass and Si substrates. Optical properties of nanocrystalline CdTe films deposited on glass substrates for different deposited times were studied.