title: Deposition of CuInS2 thin films using copper- and indium/sulfide-containing precursors through a two-stage MOCVD method.
abstract: Copper indium disulfide (CuInS2; CIS) films were deposited on various substrates by two-stage metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) at relatively mild conditions, using Cu- and In/S-containing precursors without toxic H2S gas: first, a pure Cu thin film was prepared on glass or indium/tin oxide glass substrates by using a single-source precursor, bis(ethylbutyrylacetato)copper(II) or bis(ethylisobutyrylacetato)copper(II); second, on the resulting Cu film, tris(N,N-ethylbutyldithiocarbamato)indium(III) was treated to produce CIS films by a MOCVD method at 430 degrees C. In this process, their thicknesses and stoichiometries were found to be elaborately controlled on demand by adjusting the process conditions. The optical band gap of the stoichiometric CIS film was about 1.41 eV, which is in the near-optimal range for harvesting solar radiation energy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kook Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jong Pil
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sin Kyu
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Il-Wun
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Shim