1 COPPER GALLIUM DISELENIDE THIN FILM ABSORBER GROWTH FOR SOLAR CELL DEVICE FABRICATION By

First, I would like to thank Prof. A. Brad Anton at Cornell University for encouraging me to pursue my doctorate degree when I had no idea what I wanted to do in the future. I express my sincerest gratitude to Dr. Oscar Crisalle for taking me under his guidance. It has been a pleasure working for him. His relaxed attitude has been very beneficial to our working relationship. I would like to acknowledge the many members of the CIS solar cell team at the University of Florida: Dr. Timothy Anderson and Dr. Sheng Li for your expertise in the solar cell field and bringing these many excellent graduate students together, Billy Stanbery for starting this project, Serkan Kincal for training me on the PMEE reactor, Suku Kim for training me on film deposition, Ryan Acher for helping with reactor maintenance (by far the toughest job) and film characterization, Woo Kyoung Kim and Seokhyun Yoon for growth support, Jiyon Son