Coherent electrodeposits, development

Up to this point we have considered the mechanism of deposition of a single monoatomic layer (Section 7.6) and multilayers composed of a few monoatomic layers (Section 7.7). In Sections 7.8 to 7.12 we discuss how coherent electrodeposits develop. 

If the electrolysis parameters (precursor concentrations, pH, temperature, cur-rent/potential, substrate) be defined in a precise manner, a self-regulated growth of the compound can be established, and highly (111 )-oriented zinc blende (ZB) deposits up to several p,m thickness are obtained at potentials lying at the anodic limit of the diffusion range (Fig. 3.3) [60]. Currently, the typical method of cathodic electrodeposition has been developed to yield quite compact and coherent, polycrystalline, ZB n-CdSe films of well-defined stoichiometry. The intensity of the preferred ZB(f 11) orientation obtained with as-deposited CdSe/Ni samples has been quite high [61]. 

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