Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Hybrid III-V/SiGe solar cells on Si substrates and porous Si substrates
Year:2019

Research Areas
  • Engineering

Information
Abstract
A tandem GaAsP/SiGe solar cell has been developed employing group-IV reverse buffer layers grown on silicon substrates with a subsurface porous layer. Reverse buffer layers facilitate a reduction in the threading dislocation density with limited thicknesses, but ease the appearance of cracks, as observed in previous designs grown on regular Si substrates. In this new design, a porous silicon layer has been incorporated close to the substrate surface. The ductility of this layer helps repress the propagation of cracks, diminishing the problems of low shunt resistance and thus improving solar cell performance. The first results of this new architecture are presented here.
International
Si
Congress
46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
960
Place
Chicago, USA
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
01608371
10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981138
Start Date
16/06/2019
End Date
21/06/2019
From page
1
To page
6
Hybrid III-V/SiGe solar cells on Si substrates and porous Si substrates
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Semiconductores III-V
  • Grupo de Investigación: Silicio y Nuevos Conceptos para Células Solares
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Instituto de Energía Solar
  • Departamento: Electrónica Física