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Phonon coupling and shallow defects in CuInS2

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$\mathrm{Cu}(\mathrm{In},\mathrm{Ga}){\mathrm{S}}_{2}$ is an emerging material for solar cells, reaching already efficiencies above 15%. For any solar cell material, it is essential to understand the recombination processes and doping behavior of… Click to show full abstract

$\mathrm{Cu}(\mathrm{In},\mathrm{Ga}){\mathrm{S}}_{2}$ is an emerging material for solar cells, reaching already efficiencies above 15%. For any solar cell material, it is essential to understand the recombination processes and doping behavior of its defects. Therefore, in this work, we present a detailed photoluminescence and admittance investigation of polycrystalline $\mathrm{CuIn}{\mathrm{S}}_{2}$ thin films to study the shallow intrinsic defects. We find evidence for two acceptors, 105 and 145 meV from the valence band, their predominance depending on the Cu excess, plus one donor, 30 meV from the conduction band. The high crystalline and electronic quality of our samples allows the detection of low intensity luminescence peaks. Based on these emissions we can analyze the phonon coupling of the observed defects and show that an emission previously attributed to a second donor is in fact a phonon replica of the first donor-acceptor transition.

Keywords: shallow defects; phonon coupling; coupling shallow; phonon; mathrm; mathrm mathrm

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2020

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