Parallels and Interrelated Regularities in the Change of the Bulk and Surface Properties of CdBVI-CdTe Systems.

Comprehensive studies of the volume (structural, optical, electrophysical) and surface (acid-base, adsorption) properties of solid solutions and binary components of the CdS-CdTe and CdSe-CdTe systems are carried out. The regularities in the changes of these properties with a variation in the composition and the parallels between the patterns within each system and under their comparison are established. The leading influence of the common binary component, cadmium telluride, on the properties of solid solutions of both systems is revealed. The possibility of predicting the surface activity of these new materials with respect to gases of different electronic natures is shown on the basis of the results of less labor-intensive studies of the bulk physical and chemical properties (in comparison with direct studies of the surface characteristics, i.e., acid-base and adsorption characteristics). Practical recommendations on using the obtained materials in corresponding sensors are made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]