Growth and Photoconductive Characteristics of $AgInS_2$ Single Crystal Thin Films by the Hot Wall Epitaxy

  • Published : 2004.07.05

Abstract

The stochiometric nix of evaporating materials for the $AgInS_2$ single crystal thin films were prepared from horizontal furnace. The polycrystal structure obtaind from the power x-ray diffraction was chalcopyrite. The lattice costants $a_0\;and\;c_0$ were $a_0=5.86(5.82)\;A,\;c_0=11.355(11.17)\;A$. To obtains the single crystal thin films, $AgInS_2$ mixed crystal were deposited on throughly etched GaAs(100) by the Hot Wall Epitaxy(HWE) system. The temperates of the source and the substrate were $590^{\circ}C\;and\;450^{\circ}C$, respectively. The crystalline structure of single crystal thin films was investigated by the double crystal X-ray diffraction(DCXD). Hall effect on this sample was measured by the method of van der Pauw and studied on carrier density and mobility dependence on temperature. In order to explore the applicability as a photoconductive cell, we measured the sensitivity($\gamma$), the ratio of photocurrent to dark current (pc/dc), maximum allowable power dissipation(MAPD), spectral response and response time.

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