Metamorphic GaInP/GaInAs/Ge solar cells
- 11 November 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 982-985
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2000.916050
Abstract
High-efficiency, metamorphic multijunction cells have been fabricated by growing GaInP/GaInAs subcells that are lattice-mismatched to an active Ge substrate, resulting in GaInP/GaInAs/Ge 3-junction (3J) cells. The efficiency dependence of this 3J cell on lattice-constant of the top two cells and on sublattice ordering in the GaInP top cell is presented. A variety of composition-graded buffers have been explored through X-ray diffraction reciprocal space mapping to measure strain in the cell layers, and transmission electron microscopy to minimize misfit and threading dislocations. Quantum efficiency is measured for metamorphic 1.3-eV Ga/sub 0.92/In/sub 0.08/As (8%-ln GaInAs) cells and 1.75-eV Ga/sub 0.43/In/sub 0.57/P cells grown on a Ge substrate, as well as for the 3J cell based on 4%-in GaInAs. Three-junction Ga/sub 0.43/In/sub 0.57/P/Ga/sub 0.92/In/sub 0.08/As/Ge cells with 0.50% lattice-mismatch to the Ge substrate are measured to have AMO efficiency of 27.3% (0.1353 W/cm/sup 2/, 28/spl deg/C), similar to high-efficiency, conventional GaInP/GaAs/Ge 3-junction cells based on the GaAs lattice constant.Keywords
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