Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of AgGaS2 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

Abstract

The influence of annealing on the AgGaS2 films groom by pulsed laser deposition has been investigated. The X-ray diffraction results show the AgGaS2 films were found with preferential orientation (1 1 2) normal to the surface and silver droplets,were diminished after the post-annealing. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements reveled the exciton energy is slightly red shifted that is possibly due to the thermal strain effect. The binding energy of the shallow, donors is similar to28 meV determined from temperature dependent PL spectra, In addition, the A-exciton and the B/C-exciton could be observed in the transmittance spectra at room temperature. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.