Cadmium oxide (CdO) films on the surface of CdS single crystals were obtained using the method of photothermal oxidation (PTO).
The films possess a textured structure and exhibit
n-type conduction. The electric resistance of CdO films depends on the intensity of UV radiation used in the PTO process: low-and
high-ohmic films are obtained upon the irradiation at (1−1.5) × 10
3 and (4−5) × 10
3 W/m
2, respectively. The possible practical applications of obtained films are considered.
PACS numbers 68.55.Jk
Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Zagoruiko, N.O. Kovalenko, O.A. Fedorenko, A.G. Fedorov, P.V. Mateichenko, 2007, published in
Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 51–57.