The influence of physical and technological magnetron sputtering modes on the structure and optical properties of CdS and CdTe films
Journal Title: Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics and Optoelectronics - Year 2017, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
To create technology for preparation of CdS and CdTe thin films by direct current magnetron sputtering, the influence of physical and technological condensation modes on the crystal structure and optical properties of these films were investigated. The laboratory method of DC magnetron sputtering with preheating of the target for the mentioned films on glass substrates was developed. We obtained the CdS layers with hexagonal structure 150…200 nm thick under conditions when the plasma discharge current density was 1.1 mA/cm2 and the deposition rate – 30…40 nm/min. The bandgap in the obtained CdS films is Eg = 2.38…2.41 eV. After annealing in vacuum, the optical transparence of CdS films reaches 80…90%, which allows to use these films as a transparent window layer in solar cells based on heterojunctions of CdS/CdTe. When the plasma discharge current density is 2.2…5.4 mA/cm2 and the deposition rate is 200 nm/min, we obtained CdTe layers with hexagonal structure up to 5 µm thick. The transmittance of CdTe films with hexagonal structure in the wavelength range of the visible spectrum is up to 5%, and in the infrared spectral range is about 60%. The bandgap in the obtained CdTe layers of different thickness is 1.52…1.54 eV. After chloride treatment as a result of the phase transition wurtzite–sphalerite, the investigated CdTe films contain only the stable cubic structure and can be used as a base layer of solar cells.
Authors and Affiliations
G. S. Khrypunov, G. I. Kopach, M. M. Harchenko, A. I. Dobrozhan
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