DUAL SOLUTION SYNTHESIS OF CUS: ZNS ALLOYED THIN FILMS FOR POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS

E.C. Nwaokorongwu, A.D. Asiegbu, L. Nnanna, U.P. Okpechi and U. JOSEPH

Department of Physics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, PMB 7267 Umuahia, Abia State Nigeria

Abstract 

CuS:ZnS alloyed thin films were successfully deposited on glass substrates using two solutions based methods: electroless and SILAR. The deposited alloyed sulphides were annealed between (373-423) K using master chef annealing machine. The crystallographic studies were done using XRD and SEM which indicates that the samples are polycrystalline and have cubic crystal systems. Rutherford Back Scattering analysis confirmed the percentage of the elements of copper, zinc and sulphur alloyed sulphide thin films.

Keywords: Alloy, Thin films, Annealing