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The crystallographic connection of MOCVD-grown monolithic cascade subcells via transparent graded layers
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In this article, a double mismatch technique was used to grow a monolithic cascade solar cell, where changes of lattice constant occur not only between the substrate and lower cell, but also between the lower and upper cells.About:
This article is published in Journal of Crystal Growth.The article was published on 1984-11-02. It has received 31 citations till now.read more
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Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of III‐V semiconductors
TL;DR: In this paper, the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of epitaxial III-V semiconductor alloys on III-v substrates is reviewed in detail.
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Heterojunction subcells in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
Mark A. Stan,Arthur Cornfeld +1 more
TL;DR: An inverted metamorphic multifunction solar cell, and its method of fabrication, including an upper subcell, a middle subcell and a lower subcell including providing a first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material, was presented in this paper.
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Metamorphic layers in multijunction solar cells
Arthur Cornfeld,Mark A. Stan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a multijunction solar cell consisting of an upper subcell, a middle subcell and a lower subcell was constructed, where the first substrate was provided by the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material, and the second substrate was a lattice mis-matching with respect to the second subcell.
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Four junction inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cell with a single metamorphic layer
TL;DR: In this paper, a multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap, a second subcell adjacent to the first subcell and a graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and a third subcell with a fourth band gap smaller than the 2nd band gap such that the 3rd subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the 2D subcell.
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Ohmic N-contact formed at low temperature in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
Tansen Varghese,Arthur Cornfeld +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell and a lower subcell was constructed by providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material.
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High‐efficiency (21.4%) Ga0.75In0.25As/GaAs (Eg=1.15 eV) concentrator solar cells and the influence of lattice mismatch on performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral response and currentvoltage characteristics under concentration, of cells grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on graded and ungraded lattice-constant buffer layers are compared.
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Diffusion of Impurities in Semiconducting Substitutional Solid Solutions InAs1-ηPη and GaAs1-nPη
TL;DR: In this article, a break was found in the dependence of the diffusion coefficient of zinc on the composition of GaAs1−ηPη at a phosphorus content in the solid solution η ≈ 0.4.
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Ga0.80In0.20As 1.20‐eV high quantum efficiency junction for multijunction solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, a Ga0.80In0.20As junction for solar cell applications grown on GaAs by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy (OMVPE) with a peak collection quantum efficiency of 92% is reported.