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A Study on CdS Deposition using Sputtering

Sputtering을 이용한 CdS 증착에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Dal-Ho (Department of Electronic Engineering, Gachon University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Cheul (Department of Electronic Engineering, Gachon University)
  • Received : 2020.07.27
  • Accepted : 2020.08.12
  • Published : 2020.08.30
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Abstract

This paper tried to find the best conditions that could be applied to solar cells by deposition of CdS thin film on ITO glass using multiplex displacement sputter system. RF power was changed to 50W, 100W, and 150W and sputtering time was set to 10 minutes. As a result of the measurement of transmittance, the average transmittance in the area of 400 to 800 nm was measured from 60% to 80% and the best characteristic was measured at 150W at 84%. The band gap was also measured at 3.762eV at 50W, 4.037eV at 100W and 4.052eV at 150W. In XRD analysis, even as RF power was increased, it was observed as a structure called Wurtzite (hexagonal) of CdS. And as RF power increased, the particles were large and uniformly deposited, but at 100W the particles were densely composed and dense. And the thickness measurement showed that the RF power increased uniformly.

본 논문은 multiplex deposition sputter system을 이용하여 ITO 유리에 CdS 박막을 증착하여 태양전지에 적용될 수 있는 가장 좋은 조건을 찾고자 하였다. RF power를 50W, 100W, 150W로 변화주었고 스퍼터링시간은 10분으로 하였다. 투과율을 측정한 결과, 400~800 nm 영역에서 평균 투과율은 60%에서 80% 까지 측정되었으며 150W일 때 84%로 가장 좋은 특성이 측정되었다. 또한 밴드갭은 50W일 때 3.762eV, 100W일 때 4.037eV, 150W일 때 4.052eV로 측정되었다. XRD 분석에서는 RF power가 증가하여도 CdS의 구조인 Wurtzite(hexagonal)로 관찰되었다. 그리고 RF power가 증가할수록 입자가 크고 균일하게 증착 되었나, 100W 일 때 입자들이 조밀하게 구성되었고 밀도가 크다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 두께 측정 결과 RF power 가 증가할수록 균일성 있게 증가되었다.

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