Utilization of sputter depth profiling for the determination of band alignment at polycrystalline CdTe/CdS heterointerfaces

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Fritsche, J [1 ]
Schulmeyer, T [1 ]
Kraft, D [1 ]
Thissen, A [1 ]
Klein, A [1 ]
Jaegermann, W [1 ]
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[1] TH Darmstadt, Inst Sci Mat, Div Surface Sci, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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10.1063/1.1507830
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The band alignment at polycrystalline CdS/CdTe heterointerfaces for thin-film solar cells is determined by photoelectron spectroscopy from stepwise CdTe deposition on polycrystalline CdS substrates and from subsequent sputter depth profiling. Identical values of 0.94+/-0.05 eV for the valence band offset are obtained. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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