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ZnS, a kind of wide-band gap semiconductor, has attracted extensive attention in recent years due to its excellent photoelectric performance, which has broad application prospects in solar cells, photocatalysts and sensors. In this work, ZnS thin films are first deposited by radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering, and then annealed at 600 ℃ and different sulfur pressures. The crystal structure, surface morphology, grain size, composition, transmittance and defects of ZnS thin films are analyzed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, UV-vis transmission spectra, and positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy. The results show that the crystallinities of ZnS films can be improved by being annealed in sulfur atmosphere, and the optical band gaps of ZnS films after being annealed are in a range of 3.43–3.58 eV. When the sulfur pressure is higher than 0.49 atm, the sulfur interstitial atoms in the ZnS and the elemental sulfur on the surface reduce the transmittance of the film in the visible region. The Doppler broadening spectroscopy results also show that the defect concentrations of ZnS films decrease gradually from their surface layers to the inner layers, and the defects of ZnS films decrease with the increase of sulfur pressure. Meanwhile, the 3γ annihilation also proves that the interior of the film is relatively dense, and the open porosity of the film will increase due to vulcanization. Adsorbed sulfur occupies the position of sulfur vacancy defect in the crystal through internal diffusion, which leads the defect concentration to decrease and the film quality to be improved.
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Keywords:
- magnetron sputtering /
- sulfidation annealing /
- ZnS thin films /
- positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy
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图 1 不同硫压条件下退火ZnS薄膜的XRD图
Figure 1. XRD patterns of annealed ZnS films under different sulfur pressures.
图 2 溅射沉积ZnS薄膜在硫蒸气中退火前后SEM图
Figure 2. SEM images of sputter-deposited ZnS films before and after annealing in sulfur vapor.
图 3 ZnS薄膜(D#样品)的EDS图
Figure 3. EDS diagram of ZnS thin film (D#).
图 4 不同硫压条件下退火ZnS薄膜紫外-可见透射光谱
Figure 4. UV-Vis transmission spectra of ZnS thin films annealed with different sulfur pressure.
图 5 不同硫压条件下退火ZnS薄膜的吸收系数
$ {\left(\alpha h\nu \right)}^{2} $ 与入射光子能量hν的关系曲线Figure 5. Variation of
$ {\left(\alpha h\nu \right)}^{2} $ with hν for annealed ZnS films with different sulfur pressure.
图 6 不同硫压条件下退火的ZnS薄膜3γ湮没图
Figure 6. 3γ profiles as a function of positron implantation energy for ZnS films annealed with different sulfur pressure.
图 7 不同硫压条件下退火的ZnS薄膜的慢正电子DBS图 (a) E-S曲线; (b) E-W曲线; (c) S-W曲线
Figure 7. Positron annihilation DBS of ZnS films annealed with different sulfur pressure: (a) E-S curves; (b) E-W curves; (c) S-W curves.
表 1 不同硫压下退火的ZnS薄膜(111)晶面的晶体参数
Table 1. Crystal parameters of (111) crystal planes of ZnS films annealed under the different sulfur pressures.
样品 晶面 FWHM 晶粒尺寸/nm A (111) 0.509 40.8 B (111) 0.344 60.4 C (111) 0.291 71.4 D (111) 0.209 99.4 E (111) 0.197 105.5 
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表 2 不同硫压条件下退火的ZnS样品的EDS测试结果
Table 2. EDS results of ZnS samples annealed under the different sulfur pressures.
样品 Zn S Zn/S A 17.53 18.77 0.94 B 19.42 18.67 1.04 C 19.25 18.63 1.03 D 16.17 15.09 1.07 E 32.43 31.61 1.03 as-deposited ZnS 21.27 5.81 3.66
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[1] Liu C, Mu L, Jia J, Zhou X, Lin Y 2013 Electrochim. Acta 111 179
Google Scholar
[2] Lin Y B, Lin Y, Meng Y, Wang Y 2014 Ceram. Int. 40 8157
Google Scholar
[3] Wang C, Li J, Feng W, Ye Y, Guo H 2021 Optik 242 167095
Google Scholar
[4] Le Donne A, Cavalcoli D, Mereu R A, Perani M, Pagani L, Acciarri M, Binetti S 2017 Mater Sci Semicond Process 71 7
Google Scholar
[5] Nayef U M 2017 Optik 130 441
Google Scholar
[6] Khan T M, Zakria M, Ahmad M, Shakoor R I 2014 J. Lumin. 147 97
Google Scholar
[7] Cheng Y C, Jin C Q, Gao F, Wu X L, Zhong W, Li S H, Chu P K 2009 J. Appl. Phys. 106 123101
Google Scholar
[8] Fang X S, Zhai T Y, Gautam U K, Li L, Wu L M, Yoshio B, Golberg D 2011 Prog. Mater. Sci. 56 175
Google Scholar
[9] Zapien J A, Jiang Y, Meng X M, Chen W, Au F C K, Lifshitz Y, Lee S T 2004 Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 1189
Google Scholar
[10] Cheng G, Hu D, Chen P, Duan Y, Zhao Y, Ma Y, Liu S 2012 Thin Solid Films 520 7153
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[11] Ummartyotin S, Infahsaeng Y 2016 Renew Sust. Energ. Rev. 55 17
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[12] Park S, Sun G J, Kim S, Lee S, Lee C 2015 Electron. Mater. Lett. 11 572
Google Scholar
[13] Thangavel S, Krishnamoorthy K, Kim S J, Venugopal G 2016 J. Alloys Compd. 683 456
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[17] Karimi A, Sohrabi B, Vaezi M R 2018 Thin Solid Films 651 97
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[24] Miller A P 1941 Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry (4th Ed.) (Washington: Amer Public Health Assoc inc) p1324
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Google Scholar
Cao X Z, Song L G, Jin S X, Zhang R G, Wang B Y, Wei L 2017 Acta Phys. Sin. 66 29
Google Scholar
[26] Imran M, Saleem A, Khan N A, Mehmood N 2018 Thin Solid Films 648 31
Google Scholar
[27] Bandic Z Z, Piquette E C, McCaldin J O, McGill T C 1998 Appl. Phys. Lett. 72 2862
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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