26.1% thin-film GaAs solar cell using epitaxial lift-off

被引:254
作者
Bauhuis, G. J. [1 ]
Mulder, P. [1 ]
Haverkamp, E. J. [1 ]
Huijben, J. C. C. M. [1 ]
Schermer, J. J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Fac Sci, IMM, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
关键词
Thin film; III-V; N-GAAS; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.027
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The epitaxial lift-off technique can be used to separate a III-V solar cell structure from its underlying GaAs substrate. Processing a thin-film cell is somewhat different from a regular cell on substrate, In this work a number of critical issues, e.g., a low-temperature anneal front contact and the metal mirror on backside of the thin-film are optimized. Together with an improved active layer material quality, grid mask and anti-reflection coating this leads to thin-film cells as good as cells on a substrate, with record efficiencies for single junction GaAs solar cells of 26.1% for both cell types. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1488 / 1491
页数:4
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