Electron Beam Induced Current and Cathodoluminescence Study of Proton Irradiated InAsxp1-x/InP Quantum-Well Solar Cells

Robert J. Walters; G. P. Summers; S. R. Messenger; M. J. Romero; M. M. Al-Jassim; R. Garcia; D. Araujo; A. Freundlich; F. Newman; M. F. Vilela

doi:10.1063/1.1389755

Electron Beam Induced Current and Cathodoluminescence Study of Proton Irradiated InAsxp1-x/InP Quantum-Well Solar Cells

Robert J. Walters, G. P. Summers, S. R. Messenger, M. J. Romero, M. M. Al-Jassim, R. Garcia, D. Araujo, A. Freundlich, F. Newman, M. F. Vilela

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The effects of proton irradiation on strained InAs_xP_1-x/InP-based quantum well solar cells (QWSCs) have been investigated by the electron beam induced current (EBIC) and cathodoluminescence (CL) techniques. From analysis of the EBIC data, capture rates within the quantum well region have been estimated, from which the open circuit voltages of the cells were calculated and shown to agree well with the measured values. Diffusion lengths have been estimated from analysis of both the EBIC and CL measurements. The location of the energy levels of proton-induced defects and their effectiveness as nonradiative recombination centers have been determined from Arrhenius plots of the total CL intensity emitted from the quantum wells following irradiation. The results suggest that deeper and narrower quantum wells increase the sensitivity of QWSCs to radiation damage.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2840-2846
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	90
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1389755 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1389755
State	Published - 2001

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Walters, R. J., Summers, G. P., Messenger, S. R., Romero, M. J., Al-Jassim, M. M., Garcia, R., Araujo, D., Freundlich, A., Newman, F., & Vilela, M. F. (2001). Electron Beam Induced Current and Cathodoluminescence Study of Proton Irradiated InAsxp1-x/InP Quantum-Well Solar Cells. Journal of Applied Physics, 90(6), 2840-2846. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1389755, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1389755

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