RECRYSTALLIZATION OF Ge FOR III-V PHOTOVOLTAIC SUBSTRATES

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McNatt, Jeremiah [1 ]
Raffaelle, Ryne [2 ]
Pal, AnnaMaria [1 ]
Forbes, David [2 ]
Maurer, William [3 ]
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[1] NASA Glenn Res Ctr, Cleveland, OH USA
[2] Rochester Inst Technol, Rochester, NY USA
[3] Ohio Aerosp Inst, Brookpark, OH USA
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Amorphous germanium (Ge) is RF sputtered onto 25 mu m thick molybdenum (Mo) foils and recrystallized at 675 degrees C under an AsH3 environment. After annealing, the Ge is polycrystalline with grain boundary regions that range from 1 um(2) to 0.5 cm(2). The polycrystalline surface behaves electrically much like that of commercial single crystal Ge. This polycrystalline Ge on thin Mo foil will serve as a substrate for a high efficient, high mass-specific-power, photovoltaic device.
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