Rf sputtered CdS/CdTe solar cells: effects of magnetic field, RF power, target morphology, and substrate temperature

Compaan, A.; Shao, M.; Tabory, C.N.; Feng, Z.; Fischer, Andreas; Matulionis, Ilvydas; Bohn, R. G.

doi:10.1109/wcpec.1994.519820

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“…For the radio-frequency (rf ) planar magnetron sputtering, the sputtering process is controlled by the use of magnetic field so that a strong dependence of the film quality on the magnetic field structure is obtained [8]. The rf planar magnetron sputtering was implemented in our laboratory.…”

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Photoluminescence and structural properties of cadmium sulphide thin films grown by different techniques

Aguilar‐Hernández

Contreras‐Puente

Morales‐Acevedo

et al. 2002

Semicond. Sci. Technol.

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In this paper, we present a comparative study of photoluminescence and its relation to the structural properties of cadmium sulphide (CdS) thin films grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD), close spaced vapour transport, laser ablation (LA) and sputtering. Taking into account that the physical properties of CdS thin films depend upon the growth technique and the optimization of the deposition conditions for each technique, we show that the best crystal perfection occurs for LA-CdS films since the main photoluminescence peak at low temperature is due to bound excitons (2.53 eV). As expected, the films with the worst crystalline quality are those grown by CBD, ascertained by the photoluminescence band around 1.72 eV due to sulfur vacancies ('red band') without the corresponding exciton band. The photoluminescence results are correlated to x-ray diffraction measurements that confirm the above results.

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