Pulsed laser deposition of CdTe thin films for heterojunctions on silicon

Bhattacharya, P. ; Bose, D. N. (1991) Pulsed laser deposition of CdTe thin films for heterojunctions on silicon Semiconductor Science and Technology, 6 (5). p. 384. ISSN 0268-1242

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Official URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0268-1242/6/5/012

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/6/5/012

Abstract

Thin films of CdTe were deposited on Si substrates by pulsed laser evaporation (PLE) at substrate temperatures Ts of 25 and 200 degrees C. Films were also deposited by thermal evaporation (TE) for comparison. X-ray diffraction studies showed that while both films were polycrystalline with a zincblende structure, the PLE films showed a preferred (111) orientation. The composition of the films was checked by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) and Cd:Te ratios of 1:1.03 (PLE) and 1:1.04 (TE) were obtained. The band gap of the former films was 1.5 eV but no sharp band edge was found for TE films. The resistivity values of PLE and TE films deposited on glass substrates at Ts=200 ° C were 6-7 104 Ω cm and 3-4 105 Ω cm, respectively. The best ideality factor of the Si-CdTe heterojunction was found to be 1.56 with a barrier height of 0.5 eV from C-V analysis for laser-deposited films at Ts=200 ° C. These films and heterojunctions were thus found to be superior to thermally evaporated films. Possible reasons for this are discussed.

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