Epitaxial lift-off GaAs solar cell from a reusable GaAs substrate

Materials Science and Engineering B

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 162-171

  Van Geelen, A ^a,b   Hageman, P R ^a   Bauhuis, G J ^a   Van Rijsingen, P C ^a   Schmidt, P ^a   Giling, L J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epitaxial lift off; GaAs solar cells; Large area devices

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES;

EPITAXIAL LIFT OFF (ELO) METHODS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0001195797     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5107(96)02029-6     Document Type: Article

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