Flexible GaAs solar cells on roll-to-roll processed epitaxial Ge films on metal foils: a route towards low-cost and high-performance III

Flexible GaAs solar cells on roll-to-roll processed epitaxial Ge films on metal foils: a route towards low-cost and high-performance III–V photovoltaics

Published:2019 Issue:2 Volume:12 Page:756-766
ISSN:1754-5692
Container-title:Energy & Environmental Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Energy Environ. Sci.

Author:

Dutta P.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Rathi M.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Khatiwada D.¹²³⁴⁵,Sun S.¹²³⁴⁵,Yao Y.¹²³⁴⁵,Yu B.¹²³⁴⁵,Reed S.¹²³⁴,Kacharia M.⁶⁷⁸⁴,Martinez J.⁹¹⁰³⁴,Litvinchuk A. P.¹¹²³⁴,Pasala Z.¹²¹³¹⁴⁴,Pouladi S.¹²³⁴,Eslami B.¹²³⁴,Ryou J.-H.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Ghasemi H.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Ahrenkiel P.¹²¹³¹⁴⁴,Hubbard S.⁶⁷⁸⁴,Selvamanickam V.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering

2. University of Houston

3. Houston

4. USA

5. Advanced Manufacturing Institute

6. Department of Physics & Microsystems Engineering

7. Rochester Institute of Technology

8. Rochester

9. Materials Evaluation Laboratory

10. NASA Johnson Space Center

11. Texas Center for Superconductivity

12. Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

13. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

14. Rapid City

Abstract

Single-junction GaAs solar cells were developed on metal foils, laying the foundation for scalable manufacturing of low-cost, lightweight and high-efficiency flexible III–V solar cells.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/EE/C8EE02553C

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