Influence of Triethanolamine on the Chemical Bath Deposited NiS Thin Films | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Anuar Kassim¹  Ho S. Min¹  Tan W. Tee¹  Ngai C. Fei¹ 

关键词: Complexing agent;    chemical bath deposition;    triethanolamine;    thin films;    material wastage;    cheaper chalcogenide;    larger grain sizes;    microscope glass slide;    X-Ray diffraction;    scanning electron microscopy;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2011.359.361

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Recently, many scientists looking for new chalcogenide materials forthe solar cell applications. Nowadays, silicon-based solar cell became dominant products in the market.Because of expensive silicon-based solar cells, scientists hope replaces it with cheaper chalcogenidematerials. Approach: The binary chalcogenide materials were deposited onto microscope glass slideusing simple chemical bath deposition method. Here, we study the influence of complexing agent inthe preparation of thin films. The structural and morphological of the deposited films have beenstudied using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. Results: The X-raydiffraction data showed that the films had polycrystalline in nature with hexagonal structure. The filmsdeposited using 0.1 M of triethanolamine showed more NiS peaks and larger grain sizes as comparedwith 0.05M and 0.2 M triethanolamine based on the X-ray diffraction and scanning electronmicroscopy analysis, respectively. Conclusion: The complexing agent played important role duringthe deposition process.

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