학술논문

Towards high efficiency multi-junction solar cells grown on InP Substrates
Document Type
Conference
Source
2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th. :0145-0148 Jun, 2013
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Photovoltaic cells
Photonic band gap
Indium phosphide
Indium gallium arsenide
Junctions
Lattices
Multi-junction
InP
Quantum Wells
High Efficiency
Language
ISSN
0160-8371
Abstract
Progress toward the development of multi-junction solar cells grown on InP substrates is presented. In this material system, the optimal bandgaps for solar energy conversion are attained while the multi-junction structure is realized under lattice matched conditions. In this work, results for the characterization of material and devices of the individual sub cells are shown. For the top cell, InAlAsSb quaternary material is being developed. For the middle, InGaAsP and InGaAlAs are studied, and for the bottom, InGaAs will provide the possibility of adding multiple quantum wells for fine bandgap tunability. In addition, we will discuss electrical characterization of the tunnel diodes.