HETEROEPITAXIAL GROWTH OF SIGE ON SI BY LPE FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS

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作者
Wang, Yi [1 ]
Lu, Xuesong [1 ]
Huang, Susan R. [2 ]
Wang, Xiaoting [1 ]
Opila, Bobert [2 ]
Barnett, Allen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Newark, DE 19713 USA
[2] Univ Delaware, Dept Mat Sci, Newark, DE 19713 USA
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2009 34TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3 | 2009年
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LIQUID-PHASE EPITAXY;
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Heteroepitaxy SiGe on Si by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) is a potential material for photovoltaic application. The Si0.05Ge0.95 solar cell with an energy gap of 0.72 eV can lead to a 7 percentage point increase in the Si-based multi-bandgap system or any multi-bandgap system that contains Si as the 1.1 eV solar cell. In this initial work we report first growth SixGe1-x. with 0.5<x<1 on Si substrate from Sn solution by LPE. Several microns thick n type SiGe layer on (111)oriented Si substrate has been grown. EDS shows 53 At% germanium concentration in the SiGe alloy. SEM shows continuity and uniformity.
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