Structural properties of Ge doped CuGaSe2 films studied by Raman and Photoluminescence spectroscopy

Autor: S. Theodoropoulou, S. Doka, M.Ch. Lux-Steiner, Dimitrios Papadimitriou, Th. Schedel-Niedrig
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 515:5904-5908
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2006.12.163
Popis: The structural properties of Ge doped polycrystalline CuGaSe 2 films with potential applications in solar cell device technology have been studied by Raman spectroscopy at 300 K and by Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy at 300 K and 2 K. The films were intentionally doped with max. 200 keV Ge ions using one- and three-stage ion implantation processes. The Raman spectra of as grown films are dominated by the A 1 -mode (breathing mode) of the CuGaSe 2 absorber at 184 cm -1 . It was found, that in doped films the Raman mode intensities are reduced and the B 2 -modes (TO at 249 cm -1 and LO at 273 cm -1 ) take over. This implies an increase in structural disorder induced, probably, by bond reorientation effects that favor excitation of asymmetric lattice vibrations (B 2 ) instead of the symmetric ones (A 1 ). Moreover, it was found, that the Raman bands of doped films exhibit asymmetric broadening representative of a Fano line-shape. Changes were more pronounced in films doped at one-stage. The PL-emission of films subjected to one-stage process was enhanced, which supports an increase in structural disorder particularly for these films. On the contrary, for films doped in three-stages, the PL bands are less intensive and the Raman bands are less broadened.
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