Electron-Beam-Assisted Low-Temperature Crystallization of CuInSe$_\text{2}$

Maeng Jun KIM; Sung Youp LEE; Hyeong Rag LEE; Sang Ho SOHN*

doi:10.3938/NPSM.69.458

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New Phys.: Sae Mulli 2019; 69: 458-461

Published online May 31, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3938/NPSM.69.458

Electron-Beam-Assisted Low-Temperature Crystallization of CuInSe$_\text{2}$

Maeng Jun KIM¹, Sung Youp LEE², Hyeong Rag LEE, Sang Ho SOHN*²

¹Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kyungju 38180, Korea

²Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

Correspondence to:shsohn@knu.ac.kr

Received: December 11, 2018; Revised: February 22, 2019; Accepted: March 11, 2019

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The effects of electron-beam (E-beam) irradiation on the formation of CuInSe$_2$ (CIS) thin films were investigated through a structural characterization of amorphous CIS (a-CIS) thin-films co-evaporated onto glass substrates. A-CIS thin-films were either heat-treated or subjected to E-beam irradiation. With the E-beam treatment, the crystallization temperature significantly decreased. This is probably due to the catalytic effect of the electrons reducing the activation energy and promoting the nucleation and growth of crystallite grains. The results imply that crystallization can be promoted by using an electron-mediated catalytic effect. The findings in this study open the way for low-temperature crystallization of CIS thin films.

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Electron-Beam-Assisted Low-Temperature Crystallization of CuInSe$_\text{2}$

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