GaInP/GaInAs/GaInNAs/Ge Four-Junction Solar Cell Grown by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition with High Efficiency.
11 November 2016
Abstract
We directly grow a lattice matched GaInP/GaInAs/GaInNAs/Ge (1.88eV/1.42eV/1.05eV/0.67eV) four-junction (4J) solar cell on a Ge substrate by the metal organic chemical vapor deposition technology. To solve the current limit of the GaInNAs sub cell, we design three kinds of anti-reflection coatings and adjust the base region thickness of the GaInNAs sub cell.
Developed by a series of experiments, the external quantum efficiency of the GaInNAs sub cell exceeds 80%, and its current density reaches 11.24 mA/cm2. Therefore the current limit of the 4J solar cell is significantly improved. Moreover, we discuss the difference of test results between 4J and GaInP/GaInAs/Ge solar cells under the 1 sun AM0 spectrum.
Citation
Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Zhang, X.B., Liu, Z.Q., Chen, B.Z., Huang, S.S., Peng, N. and Wang, Z.Y., 2016. GaInP/GaInAs/GaInNAs/Ge Four-Junction Solar Cell Grown by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition with High Efficiency. Chinese Physics Letters, 33(10), p.108801.
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Category: Solar & Photovoltaics