• DocumentCode
    298504
  • Title

    Heteroepitaxy of CuInxSey of Si and PbSe/CaF 2/Si substrates

  • Author

    Blunier, S. ; Tiwari, A.N. ; Kessler, K. ; Zogg, H. ; Döbeli, M. ; Filzmoser, M.

  • Author_Institution
    AFIF, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec 1994
  • Firstpage
    242
  • Abstract
    Heteroepitaxial CuInSe2, CuIn2Se3.5 and CuIn3Se5 (CuInxSey) layers have been directly grown on Si(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy in order to study their performance as CdS/CIS (single crystal) thin film solar cells. Reflection high energy electron diffraction was used to study the growth kinetics. (112)-oriented epitaxial layers free from impurity phases have been obtained. The positions of (448) X-ray diffraction peaks and vibrational mode frequencies of Raman spectra are used to identify different CuInxSey phases. Rutherford backscattered ion channeling minimum yields of about 12% and 20% have been measured for about 0.5 μm thick CuInSe2 and CuIn3Se5 layers, respectively
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; Rutherford backscattering; X-ray diffraction; copper compounds; indium compounds; molecular beam epitaxial growth; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor growth; solar cells; substrates; ternary semiconductors; 0.5 mum; CdS-CuInSe2; CuIn2Se3.5; CuIn3Se5; CuInSe2; PbSe-CaF2-Si; PbSe/CaF2/Si substrates; Raman spectra; Rutherford backscattered ion channeling; Si; X-ray diffraction peaks; growth kinetics; heteroepitaxy; molecular beam epitaxy; performance; reflection high energy electron diffraction; ternary semiconductor growth; thin film solar cells; vibrational mode frequencies; Computational Intelligence Society; Electrons; Epitaxial layers; Kinetic theory; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Optical reflection; Photovoltaic cells; Substrates; Transistors; X-ray diffraction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1460-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCPEC.1994.519853
  • Filename
    519853