Energy Conversion Properties of ZnSiP2, a Lattice-Matched Material for Silicon-Based Tandem Photovoltaics

Adele Tamboli, Emily Warren, Darius Kuciauskas, Patricia Dippo, Pauls Stradins, Vladan Stevanovic, Aaron Martinez, Prashun Gorai, Kasper Borup, Brenden Ortiz, Eric Toberer, Lakshmi Krishna

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Abstract

ZnSiP2 demonstrates promising potential as an optically active material on silicon. There has been a longstanding need for wide band gap materials that can be integrated with Si for tandem photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications. ZnSiP2 is an inexpensive, earth abundant, wide band gap material that is stable and lattice matched with silicon. This conference proceeding summarizes our PV-relevant work on bulk single crystal ZnSiP2, highlighting the key findings and laying the ground work for integration into Si-based tandem devices.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages1126-1129
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2016
Event43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016 - Portland, United States
Duration: 5 Jun 201610 Jun 2016

Conference

Conference43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period5/06/1610/06/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5J00-65778

Keywords

  • crystals
  • photonic band gap
  • photovoltaic systems
  • semiconductor device measurement
  • silicon
  • zinc

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