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Growth and effect of thermal annealing for $AgGaS_2$ single crystal thin film by hot wall epitaxy

Hot wall epitaxy(HWE)법에 의한 $AgGaS_2$ 단결정 박막 성장과 열처리 효과

  • Moon Jongdae (Department of Photoelectronic, Dongshin University)
  • 문종대 (동신대학교 광전자공학과)
  • Published : 2005.02.01
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Abstract

A stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for AgGaS₂ single crystal thin films was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, AgGaS₂ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system. The source and substrate temperatures were 590℃ and 440℃, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the AgGaS₂ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, E/sub g/(T) = 2.7284 eV - (8.695×10/sup -4/ eV/K)T²/(T + 332 K). After the as-grown AgGaS₂ single crystal thin films was annealed in Ag-, S-, and Ga-atmospheres, the origin of point defects of AgGaS₂ single crystal thin films has been investigated by the photoluminescence (PL) at 10 K. The native defects of V/sub Ag/, V/sub s/, Ag/sub int/, and S/sub int/ obtained by PL measurements were classified as a donors or accepters type. And we concluded that the heat-treatment in the Ag-atmosphere converted AgGaS₂ single crystal thin films to an optical n-type. Also, we confirmed that Ga in AgGaS₂/GaAs crystal thin films did not form the native defects because Ga in AgGaS₂ single crystal thin films existed in the form of stable bonds.

AgGaS₂ 단결정 박막을 수평 전기로에서 합성한 AgGaS₂ 다결정을 증발원으로하여, hot wall epitaxy(HWE) 방법으로 증발원과 기판(반절연성-GaAs(100))의 온도를 각각 590℃, 440℃로 고정하여 성장하였다. 이때 단결정 박막의 결정성은 광발광 스펙트럼과 이중결정 X-선 요동곡선(DCRC)으로 부터 구하였다. AgGaS₂의 광흡수 스펙트럼으로부터 구한 온도에 의존하는 에너지 밴드갭 E/sub g/(T)는 Varshni 공식에 fitting한 결과 E/sub g/(T) = 2.7284 eV - (8.695×10/sup -4/ eV/K)T²/(T + 332 K)를 잘 만족하였다. 성장된 AgGaS₂ 단결정 박막을 Ag, Ga, S 분위기에서 각각 열처리하여 10K에서 photoluminescience(PL) spectrum을 측정하여 점 결함의 기원을 알아보았다. PL 측정으로 부터 얻어진 V/sub Ag/, V/sub s/, Ag/sub int/, 그리고 S/sub int/는 주개와 받개로 분류되어졌다. AgGaS₂ 단결정 박막을 Ag 분위기에서 열처리하면 n형으로 변환됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한, Ga 분위기에서 열처리하면 열처리 이전의 PL 스펙트럼을 보이고 있어서. AgGaS₂ 단결정 박막에서 Ga은 안정된 결합의 형태로 있기 때문에 자연 결함의 형성에는 관련이 없음을 알았다.

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