Abstract:
CuInSe
2 thin films were prepared by selenization of electrodeposited Cu-In precursors on Ti substrate under constant current with a carbon rod worked as anode. The phase composition and its influencing factors of Cu-In precursor films and CuInSe
2 thin films were studied. The results show that controlling deposition parameters can change the phase composition of Cu-In precursor films. When the atomic ratio of Cu/In is less than 1, the precursors containing the Culn phase and the Cu
2In phase are obtained at a lower concentration of InCl
3, a lower concentration ratio of H
3Cit to CuCl
2 and a higher current density. Stoichiometric CuInSe
2 films with a single chalcopyrite phase are synthesized from Cu-In precursors containing the Culn phase and the Cu
2In phase. The CuSe phase occurs in addition to the CuInSe
2 chalcopyrite phase in Cu-rich CuInSe
2 films synthesized from Cu-In precursors with only the Culn phase. Cu-In precursors with both the Culn and Cu
2In phases are favorable for CuInSe
2 films.