TY - GEN
T1 - Design, growth, fabrication and characterization of high-band GAP InGaN/GaN solar cells
AU - Jani, Omkar
AU - Honsberg, Christiana
AU - Huang, Yong
AU - Song, June O.
AU - Ferguson, Ian
AU - Namkoong, Gon
AU - Trybus, Elaissa
AU - Doolittle, Alan
AU - Kurtz, Sarah
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - One of the key requirements to achieve solar conversion efficiencies greater than 50% is a photovoltaic device with a band gap of 2.4 eV or greater. InxGa1-xN is one of a few alloys that can meet this key requirement. InGaN with indium compositions varying from 0 to 40% is grown by both metal-organic, chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and studied for suitability in photovoltaic applications. Structural characterization is done using X-ray diffraction, while optical properties are measured using photoluminescence and absorption-transmission measurements. These material properties are used to design various configurations of solar cells in PC1D. Solar cells are grown and fabricated using methods derived from the III-N LED and photodetector technologies. The fabricated solar cells have open-circuit voltages around 2.4 V and internal quantum efficiencies as high as 60%. Major loss mechanisms in these devices are identified and methods to further improve efficiencies are discussed.
AB - One of the key requirements to achieve solar conversion efficiencies greater than 50% is a photovoltaic device with a band gap of 2.4 eV or greater. InxGa1-xN is one of a few alloys that can meet this key requirement. InGaN with indium compositions varying from 0 to 40% is grown by both metal-organic, chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and studied for suitability in photovoltaic applications. Structural characterization is done using X-ray diffraction, while optical properties are measured using photoluminescence and absorption-transmission measurements. These material properties are used to design various configurations of solar cells in PC1D. Solar cells are grown and fabricated using methods derived from the III-N LED and photodetector technologies. The fabricated solar cells have open-circuit voltages around 2.4 V and internal quantum efficiencies as high as 60%. Major loss mechanisms in these devices are identified and methods to further improve efficiencies are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279337
DO - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279337
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:41749125930
SN - 1424400163
SN - 9781424400164
T3 - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
SP - 20
EP - 25
BT - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
Y2 - 7 May 2006 through 12 May 2006
ER -