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Title: CuInS{sub 2} thin film growth monitoring by {ital in situ} electric conductivity measurements

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.364224· OSTI ID:463493
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  1. Hahn-Meitner Institut, Abteilung Grenzflaechen, Glienicker Strasse 100, 14109 Berlin (Germany)

The growth of CuInS{sub 2} thin films by coevaporation has been monitored by {ital in situ} electrical conductivity measurements. Films with different cation ratio In/(In+Cu) were investigated. During the controlled cool-down period we obtain conductivity versus temperature data which are completed {ital ex situ} in the low-temperature region. The formation of the semimetallic CuS phase in Cu-rich films is found during the cool-down period at a substrate temperature of about 450 K. For In-rich films the dominance of charged grain boundary states is discussed. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
463493
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English