Low-Cost Handle Study for Photovoltaics on Transfer Printed Virtual Substrates

Myles Steiner, Kenneth Schmieder, Jill Nolde, Mitchell Bennett, Jason Myers, Jesse Frantz, Matthew Lumb

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Abstract

This work expands upon previous research related to transfer printed virtual substrates: a technique for generating low-cost engineered substrates that is not based on wafer reuse. Here, silicon and sapphire are evaluated as candidate low-cost handle materials, validated by metal organic chemical vapor deposition regrowth of GaAs single-junction solar cells. Resulting devices are studied via materials and electrical characterization techniques, including concentration measurements that indicate GaAs//sapphire TPVS open-circuit voltage at >10 suns comparable with identical devices grown on a prime GaAs substrate.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages528-531
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jun 2020
Event47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020 - Calgary, Canada
Duration: 15 Jun 202021 Aug 2020

Conference

Conference47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2020
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityCalgary
Period15/06/2021/08/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5900-75951

Keywords

  • III-V semiconductor materials
  • microassembly
  • photovoltaic cells
  • wafer bonding

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