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IJCEA 2013 Vol.4(4): 183-186 ISSN: 2010-0221
DOI: 10.7763/IJCEA.2013.V4.290

Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Thin Film for Photovoltaic Applications

Sekhar Chandra Ray and Kaushik Mallick

Abstract—Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin films are prepared by the dip-coating deposition technique under atmospheric pressure at different temperature. The optical band gap obtained within the range 1.63-1.60 eV. Crystallite sizes are obtained from XRD that are dependent on composition (Cd/Te) and baking temperatures. Raman spectra confirms the presence of transverse (TO) and longitudinal (LO) optical phonons in the CdTe structure. Films are good photoconductive in nature and could be used in photovoltaic applications.

Index Terms—CdTe, optical band-gap, photoconductivity.

Sekhar Chandra Ray is with the School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa (e-mail: Sekhar.Ray@wits.ac.za).
Kaushik Mallick is with the Chemistry Department, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park - 2006, South Africa (e-mail: kaushikm@uj.ac.za).

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Cite:Sekhar Chandra Ray and Kaushik Mallick, "Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) Thin Film for Photovoltaic Applications," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 4, no. 4 pp. 183-186, 2013.

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