@misc{AggourStoerkelMurrelletal., author = {Aggour, Mohammed and Stoerkel, Ulrich and Murrell, Chris and Campbell, S. A. and Jungblut, H. and Hoffmann, Patrick and Mikalo, Ricardo Pablo and Schmeißer, Dieter and Lewerenz, Hans-Joachim}, title = {Electrochemical interface modification of CuInS2 thin films}, abstract = {We studied two novel electrochemical treatments of CuInS2 solar-cell absorber films, introduced to remove the deleterious segregated CuS phase. Their influence onsurface topography, chemistry and electronic properties was investigated using in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photoclectron spectroscopy, performed inpart at the U49/2 undulator beam line at BESSY II. The results are examined in order to develop an improved understanding of the chemical-electrochemical surfacetransformation processes.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{HoffmannGoryachkoSchmeisser, author = {Hoffmann, Patrick and Goryachko, Andriy and Schmeißer, Dieter}, title = {Growth of oxynitrides on Si-rich 4H-SiC(0001) surfaces}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft}, address = {Bad Honnef}, abstract = {Oxynitride layers are grown on 4H-SiC(0001) by a thermal treatment in N2O. The nitrogen content is controlled by varying the growth conditions (N2O pressure and substrate temperature) and the nitrogen incorporation is found to be stronger for higher substrate temperatures and lower N2O pressures. Excess carbon is generated due to SiC decomposition under such growth conditions (high temperature and low N2O pressure) which leads to unwanted high interface state density and has to be avoided. Our approach is to prepare a Si-rich or even Si-covered SiC surface by Si evaporation. Upon oxidation in N2O the additional silicon is expected to compensate the loss of silicon from the SiC while preparation. The Si-rich SiC surface as well as the grown layers were investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for chemical analysis and by AFM/STM for analysis of the surface morphology. Concerning the chemical analysis we focus on the total nitrogen content, on the amount of silicon nitride Si3N4 and of silicon oxynitride SiOxNy, and on the existence of sub-oxides which build the interface between SiC and the oxynitride layers.}, language = {en} }