Numerical Simulation of CdTe Crystal Growth Using the Vertical Gradient Freeze Technique Assisted by Axial Low-Frequency Oscillations of the Melt

Author:

Nefedov Oleg1,Dovnarovich Alexey1,Kostikov Vladimir1,Mozhevitina Elena1,Bocharnikov Dmitry1,Avetissov Igor1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry and Technology of Crystals, D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (MUCTR), Moscow 125480, Russia

Abstract

The problem of intensification of the melt crystal growth process has been analyzed using CdTe as an actual material. Numerical simulation of 100 mm diameter CdTe crystal growth using the VGF technique has been carried out. The heat–mass transfer was controlled by introducing low-frequency oscillating baffle into the melt, which is a so-called axial vibrational control (AVC) technique. The baffle configuration has been optimized to destroy solid “tails”, which were formed near the crucible walls at high cooling rates due to the low thermoconductivity and the corresponding latent heat. Analysis of CdTe homogeneity range showed that during fast crystal cooling, Te micro precipitations were formed, resulting from the decay of oversaturated Cd-rich nonstoichiometric solid solution during the Bridgman crystal growth technique. After full crystallization, a VGF-grown CdTe crystal stays inside the phase field of the high-temperature wurtzite polymorph. This makes it possible to go through the polymorph transition without Te micro-precipitating using the advantages of the VGF-specific feature of very slow cooling.

Funder

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia

Publisher

MDPI AG

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