GRAIN-BOUNDARY AND INTERDIFFUSION STUDIES IN COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN-FILMS AND DEVICES UTILIZING AUGER-ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND SECONDARY ION MASS-SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
KAZMERSKI, LL
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[1] Photovoltaics Branch, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401
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10.1016/0040-6090(79)90413-9
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Interdiffusion problems in polycrystalline thin films and thin film heterojunctions were investigated. Depth-composition profiling using Auger electron spectroscopy and secondary ion mass spectroscopy was employed to determine both the grain boundary diffusion and the interdiffusion coefficients in thin films and devices involving CdS, CuInS2 and CuInSe2. Specifically, the temperature dependences of the diffusion coefficients of cadmium from CdS and from elemental films into the copper ternaries were experimentally determined. The effects of these diffusion processes on thin film device stability are discussed. © 1979.
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