Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11051254
Keywords
pulsed laser deposition (PLD); PbS thin films; background pressure effect; morphology; bandgap; electrical resistivity; optoelectronic properties
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
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This study investigates the changes in the properties of PbS films deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) as the background pressure of helium (P-He) varies. Increasing He pressure leads to changes in morphology, crystallite size, lattice parameter, Raman peak, and optical bandgap of the films. The electrical resistivity also increases with P-He, with a maximum value reached at P-He = 300 mTorr.
This work focuses on the dependence of the features of PbS films deposited by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) subsequent to the variation of the background pressure of helium (P-He). The morphology of the PLD-PbS films changes from a densely packed and almost featureless structure to a columnar and porous one as the He pressure increases. The average crystallite size related to the (111) preferred orientation increases up to 20 nm for P-He >= 300 mTorr. The (111) lattice parameter continuously decreases with increasing P-He values and stabilizes at P-He >= 300 mTorr. A downshift transition of the Raman peak of the main phonon (1LO) occurs from P-He = 300 mTorr. This transition would result from electron-LO-phonon interaction and from a lattice contraction. The optical bandgap of the films increases from 1.4 to 1.85 eV as P-He increases from 50 to 500 mTorr. The electrical resistivity of PLD-PbS is increased with P-He and reached its maximum value of 20 ohm center dot cm at P-He = 300 mTorr (400 times higher than 50 mTorr), which is probably due to the increasing porosity of the films. P-He = 300 mTorr is pointed out as a transitional pressure for the structural and optoelectronic properties of PLD-PbS films.
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