Epitaxial lift-off of GaAs thin-film solar cells followed by substrate reuse

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1698-1700

  Lee, Kyusang ^a   Zimmerman, Jeramy D ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a   Forrest, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium arsenide; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor growth; surface morphology; thin films; wafer bonding

Indexed keywords

COLD WELD; CROSS SECTIONAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; EPITAXIAL LIFTOFF; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; GAAS SUBSTRATES; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; LATTICE-MATCHED; LIGHT WEIGHT; MECHANICAL POLISHING; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PLASTIC FOIL SUBSTRATES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRECLEANING; PRODUCTION COST; PROTECTION LAYERS; THIN-FILM GAAS SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFER PROCESS; WAFER SURFACE; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROMETRY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAFER BONDING;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 84869387927     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317922     Document Type: Conference Paper

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