DARK CONDUCTIVITY OF CDS AS A FUNCTION OF S-VAPOR PRESSURE DURING HEAT TREATMENT BETWEEN 500 AND 700 C.

Abstract

The dark conductivity of CdS as a function of the sulfur vapor pressure is investigated during heat treatment in a temperature range 500 < T < 700C. The pressure dependence follows j equivalent to (p sub S) to the minus 1/m power with m = lx, l being the average number of sulfur atoms per molecule. For 500 < T < 525C, x = 3, for 525 < T < 630C, x = 1 and for 630 < T < 700C, x = 1. These results are explained by thermodynamic disorder and a Cd-rich nonstoichiometric equilibrium below 525C. Schottky-Wagner disorder most probably is dominant above 525C. The energy of doubly ionizing a sulfur vacancy is E sub c - E sub (V sub s) = 0.48 ev. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661191

Entities

People

  • Karl Wolfgang Boer
  • W. J. Nalesnik

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Conductivity
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Heat Treatment
  • Molecules
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.