AVS 54th International Symposium
    Thin Film Tuesday Sessions
       Session TF-TuP

Paper TF-TuP4
Influence of Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) Technique on Mechanical, Structural and Optical Properties of CuInS2 Thin Films

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 6:00 pm, Room 4C

Session: Aspects of Thin Films Poster Session
Presenter: F. Chaffar Akkari, Photovoltaics and Semiconductor Materials Laboratory, Tunisia
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Porous films of CuInS2 nanostructures were grown on glass substrate by Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) technique and the substrate motion in order to sculpt a typical columnar microstructure into desired shapes. The deposition angle θ with respect to the surface normal was varied from 0 degree to 80degree in order to directly probe the effect of atomic shadowing on the surface morphological evolution. By changing the direction of the incident flux of the species impinging on the substrate surface, deposited films form columns that are tilted with respect to the substrate normal. The growth mechanisms and the morphology of such films were studied by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The influence of the flux angle was investigated. Optical properties of these coatings were also measured and discussed.