Two-Terminal Metal-Inter-Connected Multijunction III-V Solar Cells

William McMahon; John Geisz; Jeffrey Carapella; Waldo Olavarria; Michelle Young; Myles Steiner; Ryan France; Alan Kibbler; Annamarie Duda; Daniel Friedman; Chieh-Ting Lin; James Ward; Emmett Perl; John Bowers

doi:10.1002/pip.2468

Two-Terminal Metal-Inter-Connected Multijunction III-V Solar Cells

William McMahon, John Geisz, Jeffrey Carapella, Waldo Olavarria, Michelle Young, Myles Steiner, Ryan France, Alan Kibbler, Annamarie Duda, Daniel Friedman, Chieh-Ting Lin, James Ward, Emmett Perl, John Bowers

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Abstract

A novel bonding approach with an interface consisting of a metal and dielectric is developed, and a "pillar-array" metal topology is proposed for minimal optical and electrical loss at the interface. This enables a fully lattice-matched two-terminal, four-junction device that consists of an inverted top two-junction (2J) cell with 1.85-eV GaInP/1.42-eV GaAs, and an upright lower 2J cell with ~1-eV GaInAsP/0.74-eV GaInAs aimed for concentrator applications. The fabrication process and simulation of the metal topology are discussed along with the results of GaAs/GaInAs 2J and (GaInP-+-GaAs)/GaInAs three-junction bonded cells. Bonding-related issues are also addressed along with optical coupling across the bonding interface.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	593-599
Number of pages	7
Journal	Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Volume	23
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2468 https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2468
State	Published - 2015

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Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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NREL/JA-5J00-64528

Keywords

concentrator photovoltaic
device bonding
III-V semiconductor
multijunction
photovoltaic cells
thermal compression bond

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McMahon, W., Geisz, J., Carapella, J., Olavarria, W., Young, M., Steiner, M., France, R., Kibbler, A., Duda, A., Friedman, D., Lin, C.-T., Ward, J., Perl, E., & Bowers, J. (2015). Two-Terminal Metal-Inter-Connected Multijunction III-V Solar Cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 23(5), 593-599. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2468, https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.2468

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