Search Results - "Lochtefeld, Anthony"
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Current matched three-terminal dual junction GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cell on Si
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-03-2016)“…Lattice matched and current matched GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cells on Si have the potential of 40% conversion efficiency [8]. A corrected three-terminal tandem…”
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Advanced surface passivation of epitaxial boron emitters for high-efficiency ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells
Published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (01-08-2017)“…In this work, we demonstrated an enhanced surface passivation of epitaxially grown boron-doped Si emitters by replacing thermal SiO2 as a passivation layer…”
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Analysis of Losses in Open Circuit Voltage for an 18-μm Silicon Solar Cell
Published in Applied sciences (01-12-2015)“…An 18 μm thin crystalline silicon solar cell was demonstrated, and its best open circuit voltage is 642.3 mV. However, this value is far from the cell’s…”
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Enhanced surface passivation of epitaxially grown emitters for high-efficiency ultrathin crystalline Si solar cells
Published in 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (01-06-2016)“…In this work, we demonstrated an enhanced surface passivation of epitaxially grown boron-doped emitters by replacing thermal SiO 2 as a passivation layer of p…”
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15%, 20 Micron thin, silicon solar cells on steel
Published in 2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (01-06-2013)“…A method to laminate a thin monocrystalline Si layer to a conductive and fracture-resistant carrier such as steel has been developed, resulting in a practical…”
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Threading dislocation density characterization in III–V photovoltaic materials by electron channeling contrast imaging
Published in Journal of crystal growth (01-11-2016)“…Accurate and rapid threading dislocation density (TDD) characterization of III–V photovoltaic materials using electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI) is…”
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Optical characterisation of III-V alloys grown on Si by spectroscopic ellipsometry
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-04-2017)“…Increased interest in novel substrates for III-V material growth has led to the use of alloy fractions other than those lattice-matched to traditional GaAs and…”
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Supercritical strained silicon on insulator
Published in Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology (15-12-2006)“…Strained silicon on insulator (SSOI) technology has emerged as an attractive option for the introduction of wafer-scale strain into upcoming CMOS technology…”
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Performance improvement for epitaxially grown SiGe on Si solar cell using a compositionally graded SiGe base
Published in Applied physics letters (12-12-2016)“…Silicon germanium (SiGe) is a material with high mobility and relatively low bandgap making it an attractive candidate for the bottom subcell in a III-V tandem…”
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Short circuit current and efficiency improvement of SiGe solar cell in a GaAsP-SiGe dual junction solar cell on a Si substrate
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-01-2017)“…SiGe materials on Si substrate are promising candidates to act as the bottom cell in a tandem structure, due to its high mobility, good process compatibility,…”
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Optical absorption of graded buffer layers and short circuit current improvement in SiGe solar cells grown on silicon substrates
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-12-2016)“…A compositionally graded silicon germanium (Si1−xGex) buffer layer is a leverage technology that grows III–V materials on silicon (Si) substrates with low…”
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Material and device analysis of SiGe solar cell in a GaAsP–SiGe dual junction solar cell on Si substrate
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-03-2015)“…Low bandgap Si(1−x)Ge(x) solar cells are designed, fabricated, characterized and analyzed for the purpose of acting as the bottom cell in a GaAsP–SiGe tandem…”
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Tandem GaAsP/SiGe on Si solar cells
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-12-2015)“…GaAsP/SiGe dual-junction solar cells have been epitaxially grown on silicon substrates which have the potential of achieving 1-sun tandem efficiencies of 40%…”
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Development of a 16.8% Efficient 18-μm Silicon Solar Cell on Steel
Published in IEEE journal of photovoltaics (01-11-2014)“…Thin crystalline silicon solar cells have the potential to achieve high efficiency due to the potential for increased voltage. Thin silicon wafers are fragile;…”
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Spectral response of steady-state photoluminescence from GaAs1-xPx layers grown on a SiGe/Si system
Published in Applied physics letters (18-09-2017)“…Measuring the spectral response of photoluminescence (SRPL) in solar cells has recently attracted attention as it can be used as a contactless relative measure…”
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Optical constants of silicon germanium films grown on silicon substrates
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-09-2015)“…Silicon germanium (Si sub(1-x)Ge sub(x)) is a material with high mobility and relatively low bandgap making it an attractive candidate for the bottom subcell…”
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Window optimization enabling broadband double-layer antireflection coating for GaAsP/SiGe tandem on silicon
Published in Solar energy (01-04-2016)“…•A double-layer ARC is designed for tandem cells with spectral response up to 1400nm.•The window layer thickness is optimized at the same time for maximum…”
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Design, fabrication and analysis of germanium: silicon solar cell in a multi-junction concentrator system
Published in Solar energy materials and solar cells (01-01-2013)“…A Ge:Si solar cell under a silicon solar cell can lead to as much as a 5.5% absolute efficiency gain for a multi-junction solar module at 30× concentration…”
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Extraction of Essential Solar Cell Parameters of Subcells in a Tandem Structure With a Novel Three-Terminal Measurement Technique
Published in IEEE journal of photovoltaics (01-01-2018)“…Detailed understanding of the device electrical parameters based on the solar cell diode model is important for the optimization of the material and device…”
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GaAsP on SiGe/Si material quality improvements with in-situ stress sensor and resulting tandem device performance
Published in Materials science in semiconductor processing (01-11-2015)“…GaAsP solar cells have been grown on Si substrates facilitated by a SiGe graded buffer layer. Materials-based characterization demonstrates threading…”
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