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Electrodeposition of 3-D Size-Quantized Cds and CdSe Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

G. Hodes
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
T. Engelhard
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
A. Albu-Yaron
Affiliation:
ARO, The Volcani Center, P.O.B. 4, Bet-Dagan 50-250, Israel
A. Pettford-Long
Affiliation:
Dept. of Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK
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Abstract

CdS and CdSe films electrodeposited from chalcogen-containing non-aqueous electrolytes are shown to possess a nanocrystalline structure and exhibit 3-D quantum size effects. A large variation in optical transmission spectra, due for the most part to this sizequantization, is shown. Photoelectrochemical activity of the as-deposited films is discussed in terms of their nano-structure. Extension of the crystallite size effects to a metalinsulator transition in MoO2 deposited from a similar electrolyte is mentioned.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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