Characteristics of Nanocrystallite-CdS Produced by Low-Cost Electrochemical Technique for Thin Film Photovoltaic Application: The Influence of Deposition Voltage

Table 5

Percentage Cd and S atomic compositions of as-deposited and annealed CdS samples grown for 45 minutes at different cathodic voltages.

Cathodic growth voltage; (mV)	Growth time; (min)	Atomic composition (%)				As-deposited; Cd/S	Annealed; Cd/S
		As-deposited		Annealed
		Cd	S	Cd	S
1445	45	46.6	53.4	46.7	53.3	0.87	0.88
1450	45	46.6	53.4	47.8	52.2	0.87	0.92
1455	45	46.6	53.4	47.8	52.2	0.87	0.92
1460	45	45.1	54.9	45.7	54.3	0.82	0.84
1465	45	42.1	57.9	44.2	55.8	0.73	0.79