Strain-balanced GaAsP/InGaAs quantum well solar cells
- 27 December 1999
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 75 (26) , 4195-4197
Abstract
A strain-balance multiquantum well (MQW) approach to enhance the GaAs solar cell efficiency is reported. Using a p-i-n diode structure, the strain-balanced GaAsP/InGaAs MQW is grown on a GaAs substrate and equals a good GaAs cell in terms of power conversion efficiency. The cell design is presented together with measurements of the forward bias dark current density, quantum efficiency, and 3000 K light-IV response. Cell efficiencies under standard air mass (AM) 1.5 and AM 0 illumination are projected from experimental data and the suitability of this cell for enhancing GaInP/GaAs tandem cell efficiencies is discussed.Keywords
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