Towards III-V solar cells on Si: Improvement in the crystalline quality of Ge-on-Si virtual substrates through low porosity porous silicon buffer layer and annealing

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1616, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-40

  Calabrese, Gabriele ^a   Baricordi, Stefano ^a   Bernardoni, Paolo ^a   Fin, Samuele ^a   Guidi, Vincenzo ^a   Vincenzi, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Germanium on porous silicon; III V solar cells on silicon; Porous silicon buffer layer; Virtual substrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006062493     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4897023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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