Manufacturing process for III-V multijunction solar cells on germanium substrates with a total thickness below 60 microns

Lombardero Hernández, Iván ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3157-1004, Cifuentes Baro, Luis, Gabás Pérez, María Mercedes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9626-6131 and Algora del Valle, Carlos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1872-7243 (2022). Manufacturing process for III-V multijunction solar cells on germanium substrates with a total thickness below 60 microns. "Progress in Photovoltaics", v. 30 (n. 7); pp. 740-749. ISSN 10627995. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3547.

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Título: Manufacturing process for III-V multijunction solar cells on germanium substrates with a total thickness below 60 microns
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Tipo de Documento: Artículo
Título de Revista/Publicación: Progress in Photovoltaics
Fecha: 1 Julio 2022
ISSN: 10627995
Volumen: 30
Número: 7
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Palabras Clave Informales: Degradation; Ge; Germanium; Growth; III-V solar cells; III–V solar cells; REMOVAL; SI; space solar cells; SUBCELLS; thin solar cells; Tunnel-Junctions
Escuela: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM)
Departamento: Electrónica Física, Ingeniería Eléctrica y Física Aplicada
Licencias Creative Commons: Ninguna

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In this work, we demonstrate a new manufacturing process that allows to fabricate thin solar cells avoiding problems related to the brittleness or fragility of thin wafers without needing any carrier nor temporary substrate. This technique has been successfully applied to Ge single and GaInP/Ga(In)As/Ge triple-junction solar cells grown on Ge substrates, achieving 47.5- and 55.5-mu m-thick substrates, respectively. Although this technique should allow to thin substrates to any desired thickness, a final thickness around 20-30 mu m is recommended due to practical concerns such as the uneven substrate thickness throughout the wafer. In any case, a III-V solar cell with such a thickness should be thin enough for most applications and, in particular, for space ones.

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