Compositional homogeneity and X-ray topographic analyses of CdTexSe1-x grown by the vertical Bridgman technique

U. N. Roy; A. E. Bolotnikov; G. S. Camarda; Y. Cui; A. Hossain; K. Lee; W. Lee; R. Tappero; Ge Yang; Y. Cui; A. Burger; R. B. James

doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.10.057

Compositional homogeneity and X-ray topographic analyses of CdTe_xSe_1-x grown by the vertical Bridgman technique

U. N. Roy, A. E. Bolotnikov, G. S. Camarda, Y. Cui, A. Hossain, K. Lee, W. Lee, R. Tappero, Ge Yang, Y. Cui, A. Burger, R. B. James

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Abstract

We grew CdTe_xSe_1-x crystals with nominal Se concentrations of 5%, 7%, and 10% by the vertical Bridgman technique, and evaluated their compositional homogeneity and structural quality at the NSLS' X-ray fluorescence and white beam X-ray topography beam lines. Both X-ray fluorescence and photoluminescence mapping revealed very high compositional homogeneity of the CdTe_xSe_1-x crystals. We noted that those crystals with higher concentrations of Se were more prone to twinning than those with a lower content. The crystals were fairly free from strains and contained low concentrations of sub-grain boundaries and their networks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-37
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Crystal Growth
Volume	411
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.10.057
Publication status	Published - 2015 Feb 1

Keywords

A1. Characterization
A1. Defects
A1. Te-inclusions
A1.Subgrain boundary
B2. CdTeSe
B2. Semiconducting II-VI materials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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