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Title: Photoluminescence studies of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2}: Lateral inhomogeneities beyond Abbe's diffraction limit

Abstract

We analyze Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} absorbers with a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) by photoluminescence (PL). Such measurements allow one to extract local fluctuations of the integral PL yield, the quasi-Fermi level splitting, and the material composition in the submicron range. However, the experimental findings depend strongly on the surface roughness of the absorber: If the surface is rough, artifact-prone correlations between surface contour and PL features measured by SNOM can be found that complicate the study of recombination effects. For smooth surfaces, such correlations no longer exist and the influence of grain boundaries on the integral PL yield and the quasi-Fermi level splitting is revealed. The method also allows a detailed determination of the local band gaps in neighboring grains and their spatial variation inside, and thus of possibly local changes in chemical composition of different grains.

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Institut für Physik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg (Germany)
  2. Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), Industriestraße 6, 70565 Stuttgart (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22492929
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 118; Journal Issue: 18; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFRACTION; FERMI LEVEL; FLUCTUATIONS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTEGRALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYCRYSTALS; RECOMBINATION; ROUGHNESS; SURFACES

Citation Formats

Neumann, Oliver, Brüggemann, Rudolf, Bauer, Gottfried H., Hariskos, Dimitrios, and Witte, Wolfram. Photoluminescence studies of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2}: Lateral inhomogeneities beyond Abbe's diffraction limit. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4935627.
Neumann, Oliver, Brüggemann, Rudolf, Bauer, Gottfried H., Hariskos, Dimitrios, & Witte, Wolfram. Photoluminescence studies of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2}: Lateral inhomogeneities beyond Abbe's diffraction limit. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935627
Neumann, Oliver, Brüggemann, Rudolf, Bauer, Gottfried H., Hariskos, Dimitrios, and Witte, Wolfram. 2015. "Photoluminescence studies of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2}: Lateral inhomogeneities beyond Abbe's diffraction limit". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935627.
@article{osti_22492929,
title = {Photoluminescence studies of polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2}: Lateral inhomogeneities beyond Abbe's diffraction limit},
author = {Neumann, Oliver and Brüggemann, Rudolf and Bauer, Gottfried H. and Hariskos, Dimitrios and Witte, Wolfram},
abstractNote = {We analyze Cu(In,Ga)Se{sub 2} absorbers with a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) by photoluminescence (PL). Such measurements allow one to extract local fluctuations of the integral PL yield, the quasi-Fermi level splitting, and the material composition in the submicron range. However, the experimental findings depend strongly on the surface roughness of the absorber: If the surface is rough, artifact-prone correlations between surface contour and PL features measured by SNOM can be found that complicate the study of recombination effects. For smooth surfaces, such correlations no longer exist and the influence of grain boundaries on the integral PL yield and the quasi-Fermi level splitting is revealed. The method also allows a detailed determination of the local band gaps in neighboring grains and their spatial variation inside, and thus of possibly local changes in chemical composition of different grains.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4935627},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22492929}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 18,
volume = 118,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}