Epitaxial growth of Cu2O and ZnO/Cu2O thin films on MgO by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

被引：34

作者：

Darvish, Davis S. ^{[1
]}

Atwater, Harry A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Thomas J Watson Lab Appl Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH | 2011年 / 319卷 / 01期

关键词：

Molecular beam epitaxy; Oxides; Semiconducting materials; Heterojunction semiconductor device solar cell;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.01.071

中图分类号：

O7 [晶体学];

学科分类号：

0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;

摘要：

We report the epitaxial growth of Cu2O (0 0 1) and m-plane (1 0 T 0) ZnO/Cu2O thin films on both bulk MgO (0 0 1) and biaxially textured thin films of MgO (0 0 1) via plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Cube on cube epitaxial growth of Cu2O thin films on both bulk MgO (0 0 1) and biaxially textured thin films of MgO (0 0 1) was observed and confirmed via X-ray diffraction and reflection high energy electron diffraction measurements. In addition, epitaxial m-plane ZnO growth via plasma-assisted MBE was conducted on both MgO substrates and Cu2O/MgO substrates. The ability to grow oriented, high-quality n-ZnO/p-Cu2O heterostructures enables improved thin film morphology and may have important implications for optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：39 / 43

页数：5

共 10 条

[1]

BREWER R, 2002, APPL PHYS LETT, P3338

[2] RESISTIVITY DEPENDENCE OF THE MINORITY-CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH IN IN SINGLE-CRYSTALS OF CU2O [J].

DIMITRIADIS, CA ;

PAPADIMITRIOU, L ;

ECONOMOU, NA .

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE LETTERS, 1983, 2 (11) :691-693

[3] Electrochemically deposited p-n homojunction cuprous oxide solar cells [J].

Han, Kunhee ;

Tao, Meng .

SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 2009, 93 (01) :153-157

[4]

ISHIZUKA S, 1996, PHYS STATUS SOLIDI, P399

[5] Performance of Cu2O/ZnO solar cell prepared by two-step electrodeposition [J].

Katayama, J ;

Ito, K ;

Matsuoka, M ;

Tamaki, J .

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY, 2004, 34 (07) :687-692

[6] Effect of Junction Morphology on the Performance of Polycrystalline Cu2O Homojunction Solar Cells [J].

McShane, Colleen M. ;

Siripala, Withana P. ;

Choi, Kyoung-Shin .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2010, 1 (18) :2666-2670

[7] Effect of ZnO film deposition methods on the photovoltaic properties of ZnO-Cu2O heterojunction devices [J].

Minami, T ;

Miyata, T ;

Ihara, K ;

Minamino, Y ;

Tsukada, S .

THIN SOLID FILMS, 2006, 494 (1-2) :47-52

[8] Heterojunction solar cell with 2% efficiency based on a Cu2O substrate [J].

Mittiga, A ;

Salza, E ;

Sarto, F ;

Tucci, M ;

Vasanthi, R .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2006, 88 (16)

[9] Thin films of single-crystal cuprous oxide grown from the melt [J].

Naka, N ;

Hashimoto, S ;

Ishihara, T .

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 2005, 44 (7A) :5096-5101

[10] Undoped n-Type Cu2O: Fact or Fiction? [J].

Scanlon, David O. ;

Watson, Graeme W. .

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2010, 1 (17) :2582-2585

← 1 →