Controlled spalling-based mechanical substrate exfoliation for III-V solar cells: A review

J Chen, CE Packard - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlled spalling is a fast process that can mechanically exfoliate III-V semiconductor
layers from their host wafer substrates and has the potential to produce high power-density …

Gallium arsenide solar cells grown at rates exceeding 300 µm h−1 by hydride vapor phase epitaxy

W Metaferia, KL Schulte, J Simon, S Johnston… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We report gallium arsenide (GaAs) growth rates exceeding 300 µm h− 1 using dynamic
hydride vapor phase epitaxy. We achieved these rates by maximizing the gallium to gallium …

Germanium-on-nothing for epitaxial liftoff of GaAs solar cells

S Park, J Simon, KL Schulte, AJ Ptak, JS Wi, DL Young… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Solar cells from III-V materials offer outstanding light conversion efficiency and power
densities and have a proven reliability record. Nevertheless, the utilization of III-V devices …

Ultrathin Flexible Ge Solar Cells for Lattice‐Matched Thin‐Film InGaP/(In) GaAs/Ge Tandem Solar Cells

S Moon, K Kim, Y Kim, HK Kang, KH Park, J Lee - Solar RRL, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrathin Ge single‐junction (1J) solar cells transferred onto a flexible substrate are
envisioned to open up a novel lattice‐matched thin‐film InGaP/(In) GaAs/Ge tandem solar …

28.3% Efficient III–V Tandem Solar Cells Fabricated Using a Triple‐Chamber Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy System

Y Shoji, R Oshima, K Makita, A Ubukata, T Sugaya - Solar RRL, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) is a III–V device fabrication technology that has
received attention owing to its low production costs. The properties of passivation layers …

Low-cost approaches to III–V semiconductor growth for photovoltaic applications

AL Greenaway, JW Boucher, SZ Oener… - ACS Energy …, 2017 - ACS Publications
III–V semiconductors form the most efficient single-and multijunction photovoltaics. Metal–
organic vapor-phase epitaxy, which uses toxic and pyrophoric gas-phase precursors, is the …

Ultrathin GaAs solar cells with a high surface roughness GaP layer for light‐trapping application

D van der Woude, L van der Krabben… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
By reducing the thickness of the absorber layers, ultrathin GaAs solar cells can be fabricated
in a more cost‐effective manner using less source material and shorter deposition times. In …

Multijunction Ga0.5In0.5P/GaAs solar cells grown by dynamic hydride vapor phase epitaxy

KL Schulte, J Simon, AJ Ptak - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We report the development of Ga0. 5In0. 5P/GaAs monolithic tandem solar cells grown by
dynamic hydride vapor phase epitaxy, a III‐V semiconductor growth alternative to …

Design of ultrathin InP solar cell using carrier selective contacts

V Raj, F Rougieux, L Fu, HH Tan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most recently, III-V based ultrathin solar cells have attracted considerable attention for their
inherent advantages, such as increased tolerance to defect recombination, efficient charge …

[HTML][HTML] High growth rate hydride vapor phase epitaxy at low temperature through use of uncracked hydrides

KL Schulte, A Braun, J Simon, AJ Ptak - Applied Physics Letters, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) of GaAs with unusually high growth
rates (RG) at low temperature and atmospheric pressure by employing a hydride-enhanced …