Influence of Substrate Structure on the Growth of CdTe Thin Films

Y. Yan; R. G. Dhere; K. M. Jones; M. M. Al-Jassim

doi:10.1063/1.1367406

Influence of Substrate Structure on the Growth of CdTe Thin Films

Y. Yan, R. G. Dhere, K. M. Jones, M. M. Al-Jassim

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

We report on a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy study of the microstructure of CdTe thin films epitaxially grown on single-crystal hexagonal CdS and cubic CdTe substrates. We find that the different structures of the substrates do not make a great structural difference on the grown CdTe films; i.e., on both substrates, the grown CdTe films have a cubic structure and high density of planar defects near the interface regions. At the CdTe/CdS interface, interdiffusion occurs, forming CdTe_1-x,S_x and CdS_1-xTe_x alloys. These alloys lead to significantly reduced mismatch at the interface.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	5944-5948
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	89
Issue number	11 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1367406 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1367406
State	Published - 2001

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