Reducing optical and resistive losses in graded silicon-germanium buffer layers for silicon based tandem cells using step-cell design

Si solar cells with a SiGe graded buffer on top are fabricated as the initial step in GaAsP/Si tandem cell fabrication. Using this structure, the impact of the SiGe buffer layer on the Si solar cells is characterized. To mitigate the impact of the narrow-bandgap SiGe on the electrical and optical ch...

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Main Authors: Evelina Polyzoeva, Sabina Abdul Hadi, Ammar Nayfeh, Judy L. Hoyt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4921945