Investigation of InGaAsP solar cells grown by solid-state molecular beam epitaxy

Lian Ji; Ming Tan; Kazuki Honda; Ryo Harasawa; Yuya Yasue; Yuanyuan Wu; Pan Dai; Atsushi Tackeuchi; Lifeng Bian; Shulong Lu; Hui Yang

doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.031

Investigation of InGaAsP solar cells grown by solid-state molecular beam epitaxy

Lian Ji, Ming Tan, Kazuki Honda, Ryo Harasawa, Yuya Yasue, Yuanyuan Wu, Pan Dai, Atsushi Tackeuchi, Lifeng Bian, Shulong Lu^*, Hui Yang

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We report on the study of InGaAsP solar cells grown by solid-state molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on InP. The effect of growth temperature on device performance is investigated. Under standard one-sun air-mass 1.5 global (AM1.5) illumination, an efficiency of 18.8% has been obtained for In_0.78Ga_0.22As_0.48P_0.52 single-junction solar cells grown at high temperature. Time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) results demonstrate that the In_0.78Ga_0.22As_0.48P_0.52 optical quality is greatly improved in the case of a high growth temperature. A longer PL decay time of In_0.78Ga_0.22As_0.48P_0.52/InP in contrast to In_0.78Ga_0.22As_0.48P_0.52/In_0.52Al_0.48As indicates that InP is more promising as the back surface field for future solar cell performance improvements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	68-72
Number of pages	5
Journal	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume	137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.031
Publication status	Published - 2015 Jun

Keywords

Carrier recombination dynamics
InGaAsP
Molecular beam epitaxy
Quantum efficiency
Solar cell

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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