Epitaxial growth of CuInS2 on sulphur terminated Si(001)
- 25 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 72 (21) , 2733-2735
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.121074
Abstract
Using three-source molecular beam epitaxy, we demonstrate the direct heteroepitaxial growth of the direct semiconductor CuInS2 on silicon (001) substrates. The pretreatment of the silicon wafers includes a high-temperature exposure to the sulphur beam which leads to an ideal (1×1) sulphur-terminated surface defining the starting condition for successful epitaxy. All stages of the growth process were controlled in situ using Auger electron spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction. Furthermore, the epitaxial layers were characterized by means of x-ray diffraction methods and by transmission electron microscopy. It is shown that the CuInS2 epilayers grow with a tetragonal structure which is clearly distinct from chalcopyrite.Keywords
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