Abstract:
The results of investigations of the morphology (grain size, twinning, growth features), elemental composition, and some mechanical properties of polycrystalline CdTe layers deposited on nonoriented substrates in a quasi-closed volume are presented. Dependences of microhardness on the crystallite size and layer thickness are presented. The evaluation calculations of the stresses on the substrate-layer interface caused by a difference in the linear thermal expansion coefficients are presented.