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Growth and defect studies of CdTe particles
Author(s) -
Nepijko S. A.,
Fedchenko O.,
Chernov S. V.,
Schönhense G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.201200490
Subject(s) - cadmium telluride photovoltaics , transmission electron microscopy , epitaxy , stacking , materials science , crystallography , substrate (aquarium) , electron diffraction , hexagonal crystal system , electron microscope , diffraction , chemistry , optics , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , geology , oceanography , physics , organic chemistry
The paper reports the epitaxial growth of cadmium telluride (CdTe) particles by thermal deposition on cleaved planes of (001)NaCl and (001)KBr. Using high resolution transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction it was shown that CdTe particles could have different orientation and phase (cubic or hexagonal) depending on the substrate temperature. Their most common defects are twins and stacking faults.