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
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