Abstract

P-type copper indoselenide (CulnSe2) thin films were vacuum-deposited on glass substrates by a single-source thermal evaporation technique under different conditions of preparation. The structural properties of the films were investigated by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy and diffraction techniques. The dark resistivity of the deposited films was investigated as a function of film thickness, deposition rate and substrate temperature. The conductivity activation energy ranges from 0.851 to 1.01 eV depending on the deposition rate. Single-phase and stoichiometric CulnSe2 films could be deposited at low deposition rates (less than 4 nms−1). Higher deposition rates led to multiphase films containing InSe, ln2Se3, CuSe and Cu3Se2 in addition to CulnSe2.

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