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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2011.24.2.162

A Study on Properties of CuInSe2 Thin Film by Annealing  

Park, Jung-Cheul (Department of Electronics Engineering Kyungwon University)
Chu, Soon-Nam (Department of Electrical Engineering Kyungwon University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.24, no.2, 2011 , pp. 162-165 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, $CuInSe_2$ thin film was prepared by use of the co-evaporation method with the variation of the substrate temperature in the range of $100^{\circ}C$ to $400^{\circ}C$. The film was annealed at $300^{\circ}C$ for an hour in a vacuum chamber at $3{\times}10-4$ Pa. After annealing, the thin film prepared at the substrate temperatures of $100^{\circ}C$ and $200^{\circ}C$ was observed. The XRD (x-ray diffraction) pattern of sample prepared at $100^{\circ}C$ showed the single phase formation of $CuInSe_2$. However, at $200^{\circ}C$, there was no apparent difference in the XRD pattern except a variation in the intensity of the peak. As the annealing treatment of substrate improved the crystal structure of the film, it affected to the increase of an electron mobility, resulted in an increase in conductivity and a decrease in resistance. As a results, when the substrate temperature was at $200^{\circ}C$ and $300^{\circ}C$, the sheet resistance was 1.534 $\Omega/\Box$ and 1.554 $\Omega/\Box$, respectively, and the resistivity was $1.76{\times}10-6\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ and $1.7210-6\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$, respectively. From the absorption spectrum measurements, there was no variation between the before and after annealing conductions. And it means that the annealing step does not affect the thickness of the thin film.
Keywords
$CuInSe_2$ thin film; Co-evaporation method; Substrate temperature; Sheet resistance;
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