Molecular beam epitaxy of ZnSSe/CdSe short-period superlattices for III–V/II–VI multijunction solar cells
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Ioffe Institute (Russian Federation)
Results on the molecular-beam epitaxy growth of short-period alternately-strained ZnS{sub x}Se{sub 1−x}/CdSe superlattices which are pseudomorphic to GaAs (001) substrates and possess effective band-gap values within the range of E{sub g} ≈ 2.5–2.7 eV are presented. Oscillations of the specular-spot intensity in reflection high-energy electron diffraction are used for in situ control of the superlattice parameters. A method to determine the SL parameters (compositions and thicknesses of the constituent layers) based on combined analysis of the grown structures by low-temperature photoluminescence and X-ray diffractometry is developed. It is found that the parameters of the grown ZnS{sub x}Se{sub 1−x}/CdSe superlattices are close to their design values and the density of extended defects in the structures is low even though the structure thickness (∼300 nm) considerably exceeds the critical thickness for bulk II–VI layers with the same lattice-constant mismatch.
- OSTI ID:
- 22469824
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 49, Issue 8; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 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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