413-420<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:black;mso-ansi-language:en-in;mso-fareast-language:en-in;mso-bidi-language:="" hi"="" lang="EN-IN">Cadmium zinc selenide (Cd-Zn-Se) thin films have been prepared onto
stainless steel and fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrates by
the electrodeposition technique. The structural, optical and
photoelectrochemical properties of the films have been studied. The X-ray
diffraction studies reveal that the Cd1-xZnxSe(0≤ x ≤ 1)
films are polycrystalline. It has also been found that the films deposited with
x = 0.2 and 0.7, show relatively higher extent of single crystallinity
than those deposited with other compositions. The estimated direct optical gaps
are found to be in the range of 1.9 to 2.5 eV and it's value increases with an
increase in the value of x. Photoelectrochemical characterization
carried out using ferriferrocyanide electrolyte shows better performance for
the films deposited with x = 0.2 and 0.7 compositions.</span