XPS analysis of oxidation states of Te in CdTe oxide films grown by rf sputtering with an Ar -NH3 plasma

Using rf-sputtering, CdTe oxide films were grown on glass substrates in a controlled plasma of Ar-NH3. The elementalconcentration and oxidation state of Te were determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. When the NH3 partialpressure increases from 3´10-6 to 1´10-4 Torr, the relative atomic conc...

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Autores: P. Bartolo Pérez, R. Castro Rodríguez, W. Cauich, F. Caballero Briones, M.H. Farías, J. L. Peña
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:94201203
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94201203
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
XPS
Ammonia
CdTe oxide
Sputtering
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Sumario:Using rf-sputtering, CdTe oxide films were grown on glass substrates in a controlled plasma of Ar-NH3. The elementalconcentration and oxidation state of Te were determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. When the NH3 partialpressure increases from 3´10-6 to 1´10-4 Torr, the relative atomic concentration of oxygen incorporated in the filmsincreases, whereas those of Cd and Te decrease. For the NH3 partial pressures of 6´10-6 Torr and smaller than 7´10-5 Torr,in films of CdTe oxide coexist different oxidation states of Te, Te-2 as in CdTe and Te+4 as in CdTeO3. While that for NH3partial pressure of 1´10-4 Torr and up, the films only contain the oxidation state Te+4. With x-ray diffraction it is observedthat when the NH3 pressure in creases the oxide films of CdTe become amorphous