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Electron Radiation Damage in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 analysed in-situ by Cathodoluminescence in a Transmission Electron Microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Hanne Scheel ,
Gerhard Frank ,
Niels Ott ,
Wolfram Witte  and
Horst P. Strunk
Hanne Scheel
Affiliation:
Institute of Microcharacterization, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 6, 91058 Erlangen,Germany
Gerhard Frank
Affiliation:
Institute of Microcharacterization, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 6, 91058 Erlangen,Germany
Niels Ott
Affiliation:
Institute of Microcharacterization, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 6, 91058 Erlangen,Germany
Wolfram Witte
Affiliation:
Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, Industriestr.6, 70565 Stuttgart, Germany
Horst P. Strunk
Affiliation:
Institute of Microcharacterization, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 6, 91058 Erlangen,Germany
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Abstract

We have equipped our transmission electron microscope (accelerating voltage up to 300 kV) with a cathodoluminescence (CL) system that covers a wavelength range of 180 — 1800 nm and temperatures from 10 K upwards. This contribution shows how this system can be utilized to study the initial damage process due to electron irradiation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin solar films. This damage leads essentially to atomic defects that cannot structurally be imaged in the transmission electron microscope, but influence the luminescence spectra. We analyse in-situ the spectral evolutions with electron dose of Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 with [Ga]/([Ga]+[In]) ratio x ranging from x=0 to x=1 and interpret the defect formation kinetics with a first model. The obtained results indicate that the films with equal Ga and In concentration are the least radiation sensitive. The voltage dependence of the damage rate indicates that the damage arises essentially due to displacement by electron knock-on (in the voltage range 150 — 300 kV).

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 865: Symposium F – Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics , 2005 , F1.6
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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