Requirements for a GaAsBi 1 eV sub-cell in a GaAs-based multi-junction solar cell

T Thomas, A Mellor, NP Hylton, M Führer… - Semiconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Multi-junction solar cells achieve high efficiency by stacking sub-cells of different bandgaps
(typically GaInP/GaAs/Ge) resulting in efficiencies in excess of 40%. The efficiency can be …

Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi

JA Steele, RA Lewis, J Horvat, MJB Nancarrow… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Herein we investigate a (001)-oriented GaAs1− x Bi x/GaAs structure possessing Bi
surface droplets capable of catalysing the formation of nanostructures during Bi-rich growth …

Atomic-Resolution EDX, HAADF, and EELS Study of GaAs1-xBix Alloys

T Paulauskas, V Pačebutas, R Butkutė… - Nanoscale Research …, 2020 - Springer
The distribution of alloyed atoms in semiconductors often deviates from a random
distribution which can have significant effects on the properties of the materials. In this study …

Photoreflectance and photoluminescence study of localization effects in GaAsBi alloys

H Fitouri, Y Essouda, I Zaied, A Rebey, B El Jani - Optical Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Photoreflectance (PR) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra of GaAs 1− x Bi x alloys grown
by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, for x up to 4.8%, were measured at temperatures …

Spontaneous formation of nanostructures by surface spinodal decomposition in GaAs1− xBix epilayers

E Luna, M Wu, J Puustinen, M Guina… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the spontaneous formation of lateral composition modulations (LCMs) in Ga
(As, Bi) epilayers grown by low-temperature (< 300 C) molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on …

Incorporation of Bi atoms in InP studied at the atomic scale by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy

CM Krammel, M Roy, FJ Tilley, PA Maksym… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
We show the potential of cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy to address
structural properties of dilute III-V bismides by investigating Bi: InP. Bismuth atoms down to …

Impact of rotation rate on bismuth saturation in GaAsBi grown by molecular beam epitaxy

MA Stevens, KA Grossklaus, JH McElearney… - Journal of Electronic …, 2019 - Springer
GaAs 1− x Bi x has been grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy using varying
substrate rotation rates. Changes in local bismuth saturation were studied by varying the …

[HTML][HTML] GaAs1− yBiy Raman signatures: illuminating relationships between the electrical and optical properties of GaAs1− yBiy and Bi incorporation

J Li, K Forghani, Y Guan, W Jiao, W Kong, K Collar… - AIP Advances, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report the use of two Raman signatures, the Bi-induced longitudinal-optical-plasmon-
coupled (LOPC) mode and the GaAs Fröhlich scattering intensity, present in nominally …

The Effect of the Bi Precursors, (CH3)3Bi and (C2H5)3Bi, on the Metal‐Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of GaAs1‐yBiy Films

K Forghani, Y Guan, A Wood, S Babock… - Chemical Vapor …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This study compares the effectiveness of two Bi sources, trimethyl bismuth (TMBi) and
triethyl bismuth (TEBi), in the growth of GaAs1‐yBiy thin films. Through optimization of the …

First-principles studies on molecular beam epitaxy growth of

G Luo, S Yang, J Li, M Arjmand, I Szlufarska, AS Brown… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We investigate the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of GaA s 1− x B ix film using
density functional theory with spin-orbit coupling to understand the growth of this film …