Cu-dependent phase transition in polycrystalline CuGaSe2 thin films grown by three-stage process

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The Cu-dependent phase transition in polycrystalline CuGaSe2 thin films has been studied by an electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) and the synchrotron x-ray diffraction method. A Cu-deficiency parameter, Z, defined as (1 - Cu/Ga) was used to study the phase transition. Upon increasing the Z-value, the composition of the films on the Cu2Se-Ga2Se 3 pseudo binary tie line was found to shift from the stoichiometric CuGaSe2 (1:1:2) (Z=0) to the Ga-rich composition through the formation of several ordered defect compounds.The structural modification in the Cu-poor CuGaSe2 film has been investigated by the synchrotron x-ray diffraction method. The existence of the Cu-poor surface phase over the near-stoichiometric bulk CuGaSe2 film was confirmed by the fitting of the accelerated voltage dependent EPMA data. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.

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Islam, M. M., Yamada, A., Sakurai, T., Kubota, M., Ishizuka, S., Matsubara, K., … Akimoto, K. (2011). Cu-dependent phase transition in polycrystalline CuGaSe2 thin films grown by three-stage process. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3603022

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