High performance flexible copper indium gallium selenide core–shell nanorod array photodetectors

Autor: Matthew Brozak, Emad Badradeen, Khalidah H. Al-Mayalee, Tansel Karabacak, Filiz Keles
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 35:03E112
ISSN: 1520-8559
0734-2101
DOI: 10.1116/1.4982681
Popis: In this study, the authors fabricated high performance core–shell nanostructured flexible photodetectors on a polyimide substrate of Kapton. For this purpose, p-type copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) nanorod arrays (core) were coated with aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) films (shell) at relatively high Ar gas pressures. CIGS nanorods were prepared by glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique using radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering unit at room temperature. AZO films were deposited by RF sputtering at Ar pressures of 1.0×10−2 mbar (high pressure sputtering) for the shell and at 3.0×10−3 mbar (low pressure sputtering) to create a top contact. As a comparison, the authors also fabricated conventional planar thin film devices incorporating CIGS film of similar material loading to that of CIGS nanorods. The morphological characterization was carried out by field-emission scanning electron microscope. The photocurrent measurement was conducted under 1.5 AM sun at zero electrical biasing, where CIGS...
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