MBE growth of II-VI materials on GaSb substrates for photovoltaic applications

S. Wang; D. Ding; X. Liu; X. B. Zhang; David Smith; J. K. Furdyna; Yong-Hang Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2008.09.189

MBE growth of II-VI materials on GaSb substrates for photovoltaic applications

S. Wang
, D. Ding
, X. Liu
, X. B. Zhang
, David Smith
, J. K. Furdyna
, Yong-Hang Zhang

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Abstract

The II-VI materials lattice matched to GaSb substrates are desirable for ultrahigh-efficiency multijunction solar cells. This paper reports the growth of ZnTe and ZnCdTe/ZnTe quantum wells on undoped GaSb (1 0 0) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. During growth, in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction shows fast and smooth transition from GaSb surface to ZnTe surface. Post-growth structural characterization using X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals very low-defect density, i.e. high crystalline quality. Visible photoluminescence is observed from 10 to 300 K.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2116-2119
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Crystal Growth
Volume	311
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2008.09.189
State	Published - Mar 15 2009

Keywords

A1. X-ray diffraction
A3. Molecular beam epitaxy
B2. Semiconducting II-VI materials
B3. Solar cells

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Condensed Matter Physics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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MBE growth of II-VI materials on GaSb substrates for photovoltaic applications

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