Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior
Abstract
Cd-rich composition and group-V element doping are of interest for simultaneously maximizing the hole concentration and minority carrier lifetime in CdTe, but the critical details concerning point defects are not yet fully established. Herein, we report on the properties of arsenic doped CdTe single crystals grown from Cd solvent by the travelling heater method. The photoluminescence spectra and activation energy of 74 +/- 2 meV derived from the temperature-dependent Hall effect are consistent with AsTe as the dominant acceptor. Doping in the 10^16 to 10^17/cm^3 range is achieved for measured As concentrations between 10^16 and 10^20/cm^3 with the highest doping efficiency of 40% occurring near 10^17 As/cm^3. We observe persistent photoconductivity, a hallmark of light-induced metastable configuration changes consistent with AX behavior. Additionally, quenching experiments reveal at least two mechanisms of increased p-type doping in the dark, one decaying over 2-3 weeks and the other persisting for at least 2 months. These results provide essential insights for the application of As-doped CdTe in thin film solar cells.
- Authors:
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[2];
- Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1413669
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-70421
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; TRN: US1800453
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 111; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; transition; electron densities of states; activation energies; photoconductivity
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Nagaoka, Akira, Kuciauskas, Darius, and Scarpulla, Michael A. Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4999011.
Nagaoka, Akira, Kuciauskas, Darius, & Scarpulla, Michael A. Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999011
Nagaoka, Akira, Kuciauskas, Darius, and Scarpulla, Michael A. Mon .
"Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999011. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1413669.
@article{osti_1413669,
title = {Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior},
author = {Nagaoka, Akira and Kuciauskas, Darius and Scarpulla, Michael A.},
abstractNote = {Cd-rich composition and group-V element doping are of interest for simultaneously maximizing the hole concentration and minority carrier lifetime in CdTe, but the critical details concerning point defects are not yet fully established. Herein, we report on the properties of arsenic doped CdTe single crystals grown from Cd solvent by the travelling heater method. The photoluminescence spectra and activation energy of 74 +/- 2 meV derived from the temperature-dependent Hall effect are consistent with AsTe as the dominant acceptor. Doping in the 10^16 to 10^17/cm^3 range is achieved for measured As concentrations between 10^16 and 10^20/cm^3 with the highest doping efficiency of 40% occurring near 10^17 As/cm^3. We observe persistent photoconductivity, a hallmark of light-induced metastable configuration changes consistent with AX behavior. Additionally, quenching experiments reveal at least two mechanisms of increased p-type doping in the dark, one decaying over 2-3 weeks and the other persisting for at least 2 months. These results provide essential insights for the application of As-doped CdTe in thin film solar cells.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4999011},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 23,
volume = 111,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {12}
}
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