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Material and Device Improvement of GaAsP Top Solar Cells for GaAsP/SiGe Tandem Solar Cells Grown on Si Substrates


Abstract:

With its wide bandgap and good diode performance, GaAsP is an excellent candidate for the top cell in a silicon-based multijunction tandem device. Even though the materia...Show More

Abstract:

With its wide bandgap and good diode performance, GaAsP is an excellent candidate for the top cell in a silicon-based multijunction tandem device. Even though the material is not lattice matched to silicon, inclusion of a graded SiGe buffer between the GaAsP layer and the Si substrate has previously been demonstrated to enable lattice matching. The SiGe layer may then serve as a high-quality current-matched bottom cell to form a tandem dual-junction structure. This paper describes the design, fabrication, analysis, and improvement of the GaAsP top solar cell in a three-terminal GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cell on a silicon substrate. Uncertified GaAsP top cell efficiencies have been improved from 8.4% to 18.4% with bandgap voltage offsets (Woc) of 0.48 and 0.31 V under concentration factors of 1 and 20 ×, respectively. This progress is made by improved III-V material quality, reduced series resistance, and an addition of antireflection coating. Improving the optics, material quality, and fill factor (FF) should further improve the efficiency of the GaAsP top cell in this tandem structure grown on an Si substrate.
Published in: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics ( Volume: 5, Issue: 6, November 2015)
Page(s): 1800 - 1804
Date of Publication: 13 August 2015

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