Optimization of a single crystalline-like germanium thin film growth on inexpensive flexible substrates and fabrication of germanium bottom junction

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2420-2424

  Gao, Ying ^a   Wang, Renjie ^a   Dutta, Pavel ^a   Selvamanickam, Venkat ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible substrate; Hall mobility; Photovoltaic cells; Single crystal like germanium; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; HALL MOBILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; FILM SMOOTHNESS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAICS; OPTIMUM DEPOSITION; SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFERS;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84896462608     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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