Characterization of BaCuSF Thin Films Grown in Excess Copper by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Type:
Senior Thesis Presentation
Date/Time:
2009-05-22 08:00
Location:
Strand Ag Hall, Rm 237
Event speaker:
Evan deBlander
Title:
Characterization of BaCuSF Thin Films Grown in Excess Copper by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Contact:
Janet Tate
Abstract
BaCuSF is a p-type transparent conductor. This thesis project investigated whether Cu vacancies were responsible for the conductivity of the undoped material. BaCuSF thin films were grown by pulsed laser deposition and characterized by several different techniques. Films deposited with a small amount of excess Cu were more resistive, which supports the hypothesis.