A study of the phase boundaries and lattice parameters of the CdS-CdTe pseudobinary system

• Published in: Journal of materials science letters Vol. 17; no. 17; pp. 1511 - 1514
• Main Authors: WOOD, D. A, ROGERS, K. D, LANE, D. W, CONIBEER, G. J, PARTON, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.09.1998
• Subjects: Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Exact sciences and technology; Halides, chalcogenides and analogous compounds of group vb; Inorganic compounds; Physics; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Structure of specific crystalline solids; Phase diagrams; Inorganic compounds; Ternary compounds; Transition element compounds; Cadmium sulfides; XRD; Experimental study; Lattice parameters; Solid solutions; Cadmium tellurides; Phase boundaries; Chemical composition; Crystal structure
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1026463426038
• ISSN: 0261-8028

The composition of CdS sub(x)Te sub(1-x) samples was found by particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis showed that bulk CdS sub(x)Te sub(1-x) has the zincblende structure for x identical with 0.2 and the wurtzite structure for x identical with 0.25. The change in lattice parameter with composition fits the Vegard linear assumption to within the errors obtained for both phases. Both the Vegard coefficients and the phase change between x identical with 0.2 and x identical with 0.25 are in agreement with the work of K. Ohata, J. Sarale and T. Tanaka.