Structural studies of multilayered Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix fabricated using magnetron sputtering

B. Zhang*, S. Shrestha, S. J. Huang, P. Aliberti, M. A. Green, G. Conibeer

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Abstract

Ge nanocrystals (Ge NCs) were grown in a multilayered superlattice structure using magnetron co-sputtering technology. Studies were taken to optimize the processing conditions including post-annealing temperature and duration. Structural properties of Ge NCs and multi-bilayers, such as crystallization process, precipitate crystallinity, size-control of nanocrystals and influence of interlayer diffusion, were particularly chosen to be investigated. The experimental results indicated that high quality and reproducible multilayered Ge NCs can be obtained with an appropriate thermal annealing condition. This investigation builds a technical foundation for fabrication of tandem solar cell applicable Ge NCs absorber films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-250
Number of pages8
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInorganic and Nanostructured Photovoltaics - Symposium B at the E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting - Strasbourg, France
Duration: 7 Jun 200912 Jun 2009

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Keywords

  • Germanium
  • nanocrystals
  • quantum dots
  • SiO₂ matrix
  • superlattice
  • size-control
  • co-sputtering
  • tandem solar cells

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