Photosensitive structures based on CuIn{sub 5}Te{sub 8} single crystals: Development and properties
- Belarussian State University of Information Science and Radioelectronics (Belarus)
- St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University (Russian Federation)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (Russian Federation)
A new ternary compound is synthesized for the first time, and bulk CuIn{sub 5}Te{sub 8} single crystals are grown by directed crystallization of near-stoichiometric melt. It is established from X-ray diffraction patterns of grown crystals that they exhibit the structure of imperfect chalcopyrite with parameters of the unit cell of CuIn{sub 5}Te{sub 8}, which were close to those known for the CuInTe{sub 2} ternary compound with the composition index n = 0. First, photosensitive structures are fabricated based on CuIn{sub 5}Te{sub 8} crystals, and photosensitivity spectra are obtained for them; it is shown that it is possible to achieve broadband photosensitivity under illumination of the barrier side of these crystals. From the analysis of photosensitivity spectra, the character of band-to-band transitions and corresponding energies of these transitions in CuIn{sub 5}Te{sub 8} are determined. This opens up prospects to use this new semiconductor in photoconverters of solar radiation.
- OSTI ID:
- 22004818
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 45, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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