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Growth and Characterization of Chalcopyrite Nanocrystals: Beyond Conventional Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

David Fuertes Marrón ,
Sebastian Lehmann ,
Justyna Kosk ,
Sascha Sadewasser  and
Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner
David Fuertes Marrón
Affiliation:
fuertes-marron@hmi.de, Hahn-Meitner Institut, Solar Energy, Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin, 14109, Germany
Sebastian Lehmann
Affiliation:
sebastian.lehmann@hmi.de, Hahn-Meitner Institut, Solar Energy, Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin, 14109, Germany
Justyna Kosk
Affiliation:
justyna.kosk@gmail.com, Gdansk University of Technology, Danzig, N/A, Poland
Sascha Sadewasser
Affiliation:
sadewasser@hmi.de, Hahn-Meitner Institut, Solar Energy, Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin, 14109, Germany
Martha Ch. Lux-Steiner
Affiliation:
lux-steiner@hmi.de, Hahn-Meitner Institut, Solar Energy, Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin, 14109, Germany
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Abstract

A dry method for the growth of highly-structured Cu-containing chalcopyrite material on solid substrates, based on the use of metallic precursors, is described. Nanocrystals, sub-micrometer polycrystalline dots, and macroscopic clusters have be grown, either as isolated units or alternatively as embedded structures in a matrix of a binary chalcogenide compound, by adjusting processing parameters. Vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) induced growth has been used for the growth of chalcopyrite nanowires. Examples of material characterization by scanning probe techniques are shown, demonstrating the suitability of the proposed growth method.

Keywords

thin filmnanostructuresemiconducting
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1012: Symposium Y – Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics-2007 , 2007 , 1012-Y02-07
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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