Single-crystalline-like germanium thin films on glass substrates

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2592-2595

  Selvamanickam, V ^a   Jian, C ^a   Xiong, X ^b   Majkic, G ^a   Galtsyan, E ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b SUPERPOWER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

epitaxy; germanium; glass; mobility; quartz

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; GERMANIUM FILMS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IN-PLANE TEXTURE; MGO; MOBILITY VALUE; OXIDE BUFFER LAYERS; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; REEL-TO-REEL PROCESSING;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GLASS; QUARTZ; SUBSTRATES; TEXTURES;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84869483687     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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