Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 45, Issue 6, 904(2024)

Effect of High-temperature Annealing on the Properties of ZnS Thin Films Grown by Low-temperature Sulfurization

WANG Pengjie1... ZHANG Rengang1, ZHANG Chao1, ZHANG Peng2, CAO Xingzhong2 and WANG Baoyi2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Systems Science in Metallurgical Process, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, CHN
  • 2Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, CHN
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    Zn thin films were deposited on quartz glass substrates using the magnetron sputtering method, whereby ZnS thin films were formed via low-temperature sulfurization annealing. Finally, annealing of ZnS films was conducted at high temperatures of 500~800 ℃ in an argon atmosphere for 1 hour. The effect of annealing temperature on the properties of the ZnS films thus obtained was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrocscopy (EDS), and ultraviolet (UV) visible spectrophotometer. The results show that the ZnS thin film prepared by low-temperature sulfurization has a hexagonal structure. After high-temperature annealing, the grain size on ZnS films increased, and their transmittance in the visible light range was approximately 80% within bandgaps of 3.59~3.63 eV. With further increases in annealing temperature, the grain size of ZnS thin films increased from 20 nm to 28 nm, the S/Zn atomic ratio decreased, and the surface morphology also changed. Sulfur impurities appeared in the ZnS films after high-temperature annealing at temperatures ≥600 ℃. The optimal high-temperature annealing temperature was 500 ℃, and the resulting ZnS film exhibited good film quality.

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    WANG Pengjie, ZHANG Rengang, ZHANG Chao, ZHANG Peng, CAO Xingzhong, WANG Baoyi. Effect of High-temperature Annealing on the Properties of ZnS Thin Films Grown by Low-temperature Sulfurization[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2024, 45(6): 904

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    Received: Aug. 24, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 28, 2025

    Published Online: Feb. 28, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.2024082401

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