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Low bandgap GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cells on GaAs substrate with advanced metamorphic buffer layer

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Low bandgap GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cells on GaAs substrate with advanced metamorphic buffer layer. / Lu, Qi; Montesdeoca Cardenes, Denise; Carrington, Peter James et al.
In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 191, 01.03.2019, p. 406-412.

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Lu Q, Montesdeoca Cardenes D, Carrington PJ, Marshall ARJ, Krier A, Beanland R. Low bandgap GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cells on GaAs substrate with advanced metamorphic buffer layer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2019 Mar 1;191:406-412. Epub 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036

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title = "Low bandgap GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cells on GaAs substrate with advanced metamorphic buffer layer",
abstract = "Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices based on GaInAsSb lattice matched to GaSb (100) substrates have demonstrated high external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) in the mid-infrared spectral range, making them promising candidates for waste heat recovery from high temperature “blackbody” sources. In this work, the GaInAsSb alloy has been integrated onto more cost-effective GaAs (100) substrates by using advanced metamorphic buffer layer techniques in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), which included an interfacial misfit (IMF) array at the GaSb/GaAs interface followed by GaInSb/GaSb dislocation filtering layers. The threading dislocations in the GaInAsSb region can be efficiently supressed, resulting in high quality materials for TPV applications. To determine the performance of the GaInAsSb TPV on GaAs it was compared with a cell grown lattice matched onto GaSb substrate having the same structure. The resulting TPV on GaAs exhibited similar dark current-voltage characteristics with that on GaSb. Under illumination from an 800 °C silicon nitride emitter, the short circuit current density (Jsc) from the GaInAsSb TPVs on GaAs reached more than 90% of the control cell on GaSb, and the open circuit voltage (Voc) exceeded 80% of the cell on GaSb. The EQE from the TPV on GaAs reached around 62%, the highest value reported from this type of TPV on GaAs. With improved TPV structure design, large area GaInAsSb TPV panels on GaAs substrates can be realized in the future for waste heat energy recovery applications.",
keywords = "Thermophotovoltaics, GaInAsSb, Dislocation filtering, Interfacial misfit array",
author = "Qi Lu and {Montesdeoca Cardenes}, Denise and Carrington, {Peter James} and Marshall, {Andrew Robert Julian} and Anthony Krier and Richard Beanland",
note = "This is the author{\textquoteright}s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 191, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036",
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doi = "10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036",
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journal = "Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells",
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T1 - Low bandgap GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cells on GaAs substrate with advanced metamorphic buffer layer

AU - Lu, Qi

AU - Montesdeoca Cardenes, Denise

AU - Carrington, Peter James

AU - Marshall, Andrew Robert Julian

AU - Krier, Anthony

AU - Beanland, Richard

N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 191, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036

PY - 2019/3/1

Y1 - 2019/3/1

N2 - Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices based on GaInAsSb lattice matched to GaSb (100) substrates have demonstrated high external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) in the mid-infrared spectral range, making them promising candidates for waste heat recovery from high temperature “blackbody” sources. In this work, the GaInAsSb alloy has been integrated onto more cost-effective GaAs (100) substrates by using advanced metamorphic buffer layer techniques in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), which included an interfacial misfit (IMF) array at the GaSb/GaAs interface followed by GaInSb/GaSb dislocation filtering layers. The threading dislocations in the GaInAsSb region can be efficiently supressed, resulting in high quality materials for TPV applications. To determine the performance of the GaInAsSb TPV on GaAs it was compared with a cell grown lattice matched onto GaSb substrate having the same structure. The resulting TPV on GaAs exhibited similar dark current-voltage characteristics with that on GaSb. Under illumination from an 800 °C silicon nitride emitter, the short circuit current density (Jsc) from the GaInAsSb TPVs on GaAs reached more than 90% of the control cell on GaSb, and the open circuit voltage (Voc) exceeded 80% of the cell on GaSb. The EQE from the TPV on GaAs reached around 62%, the highest value reported from this type of TPV on GaAs. With improved TPV structure design, large area GaInAsSb TPV panels on GaAs substrates can be realized in the future for waste heat energy recovery applications.

AB - Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices based on GaInAsSb lattice matched to GaSb (100) substrates have demonstrated high external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) in the mid-infrared spectral range, making them promising candidates for waste heat recovery from high temperature “blackbody” sources. In this work, the GaInAsSb alloy has been integrated onto more cost-effective GaAs (100) substrates by using advanced metamorphic buffer layer techniques in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), which included an interfacial misfit (IMF) array at the GaSb/GaAs interface followed by GaInSb/GaSb dislocation filtering layers. The threading dislocations in the GaInAsSb region can be efficiently supressed, resulting in high quality materials for TPV applications. To determine the performance of the GaInAsSb TPV on GaAs it was compared with a cell grown lattice matched onto GaSb substrate having the same structure. The resulting TPV on GaAs exhibited similar dark current-voltage characteristics with that on GaSb. Under illumination from an 800 °C silicon nitride emitter, the short circuit current density (Jsc) from the GaInAsSb TPVs on GaAs reached more than 90% of the control cell on GaSb, and the open circuit voltage (Voc) exceeded 80% of the cell on GaSb. The EQE from the TPV on GaAs reached around 62%, the highest value reported from this type of TPV on GaAs. With improved TPV structure design, large area GaInAsSb TPV panels on GaAs substrates can be realized in the future for waste heat energy recovery applications.

KW - Thermophotovoltaics

KW - GaInAsSb

KW - Dislocation filtering

KW - Interfacial misfit array

U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036

DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.036

M3 - Journal article

VL - 191

SP - 406

EP - 412

JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

SN - 0927-0248

ER -