Thin Solid Films, Vol.392, No.1, 34-39, 2001
Electrical conductivity and crystallization kinetics of Se70Te30 films
Glassy Se70Te30 thin films were thermally evaporated onto chemically cleaned glass substrates. Crystallization kinetics were determined under isothermal conditions. DC conductivity of the investigated film was used as a parameter to calculate the crystallized fraction chi (t) The values obtained for the activation energy of crystallization and the Avrami index were 239.8 +/- 0.5 kJ/mol and 2.21 +/- 0.1, respectively. The non-integer value of the Avrami index indicates that two crystallization mechanisms, one- and two-dimensional growth, are responsible for the crystallization process.
Keywords:amorphous materials;chalcogen;electrical properties;electron microscopy;crystallization kinetics