Reformed Mesoporous Ge for Substrate Reuse in III-V Solar Cells

Noor Alkurd; Alessandro Cavalli; Brett E. Ley; John Simon; David L. Young; Aaron J. Ptak; Corinne E. Packard

doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980660

Reformed Mesoporous Ge for Substrate Reuse in III-V Solar Cells

Noor Alkurd
, Alessandro Cavalli
, Brett E. Ley
, John Simon
, David L. Young
, Aaron J. Ptak
, Corinne E. Packard

Chemistry and Nanoscience

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Abstract

Mesoporous Ge was generated by bipolar electrochemical etching of (100) Ge. Through high-temperature annealing experiments, we found that the mesoporous Ge microstructure produces pore coalescence deep in the structure rather than at the surface. III-V epitaxy on annealed porous Ge with subsurface coalescence and coral-like structures on the surface produced shunted photovoltaic devices. The roughness of the annealed porous Ge film was reduced by a pre-annealing HBr treatment and a post-annealing ultrasonic DI water dip. A smoother reformed surface was obtained, on which a GaInAs upright device with an efficiency of 5.7% was grown, demonstrating a first step towards technical viability.

Original language	American English
Pages	979-982
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980660 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980660
State	Published - Jun 2019
Event	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

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Conference	46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	16/06/19 → 21/06/19

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NREL/CP-5900-73084

Keywords

III-V solar cells
photovoltaics
porosification
substrate reuse

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Alkurd, N, Cavalli, A, Ley, BE, Simon, J , Young, DL , Ptak, AJ & Packard, CE 2019, 'Reformed Mesoporous Ge for Substrate Reuse in III-V Solar Cells', Paper presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019, Chicago, United States, 16/06/19 - 21/06/19 pp. 979-982. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980660, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980660

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