Growth, Structural and Electrical Characterization of Electrodeposited Pb Thin Films, Grown on Cu and Au Substrates

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Department of Physics, Arak University, Arak, Iran

Abstract

In this work, Pb thin films were
electrodeposited from an electrolyte containing Pb+2 ions. In order
to obtain an optimum electrochemical condition and deposition voltage, cyclic
voltammetery was performed on the electrochemical cell. The thickness of the Pb
films was measured using Dektak3 instrument, and a good agreement was achieved
between the calculated and the real thickness. Structural characterization of
Pb was performed using XRD and SEM techniques. The sheet resistance was
measured at different film thicknesses using four- point probe in van der Pauw
geometry
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