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Structural and optical properties of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 thin films

N. M. A HADIA1, M. M. WAKKAD1,* , E. KH. SHOKR1, Y. TAYA1

Affiliation

  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Abstract

Bulk alloys of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 with Ga – incorporation ratio x= Ga / (Ga + In) equal to 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.6 have been prepared by the melt quench technique. The CuIn1-xGaxSe2 (CIGS) thin films have been deposited on clean microscope glass substrates with different thickness (50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 nm) using the thermally evaporated technique in a vacuum of 3x10-4 mbar from the prepared bulk material. XRD, SEM and EDAX were utilized in order to examine the structure, surface morphology and composition stoichiometry of CIGS samples. Effects of Ga – ratio, film thickness and annealing at 573 K for different periods of time (5 – 60 min.) on structural and optical properties have been depicted and explained. Some important structural and optical parameters were calculated and discussed..

Keywords

Cu In1-xGax Se2 (CIGS), Bulk alloys, thin films, Annealing, Structural investigations, XRD, Optical properties.

Submitted at: April 26, 2018
Accepted at: Feb. 17, 2020

Citation

N. M. A HADIA, M. M. WAKKAD, E. KH. SHOKR, Y. TAYA, Structural and optical properties of CuIn1-xGaxSe2 thin films, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 22, Iss. 1-2, pp. 42-54 (2020)