AlGaAs/Si Dual-Junction Tandem Solar Cells by Epitaxial Lift-Off and Print-Transfer-Assisted Direct Bonding

Kanglin Xiong; Hongyi Mi; Tzu-Hsuan Chang; Dong Liu; Zhenyang Xia; Meng-Yin Wu; Xin Yin; Shaoqin Gong; Weidong Zhou; Jae Shin; Xiuling Li; Michael Arnold; Xudong Wang; Zhenqiang Ma

doi:10.1002/ese3.182

AlGaAs/Si Dual-Junction Tandem Solar Cells by Epitaxial Lift-Off and Print-Transfer-Assisted Direct Bonding

Kanglin Xiong
, Hongyi Mi
, Tzu-Hsuan Chang
, Dong Liu
, Zhenyang Xia
, Meng-Yin Wu
, Xin Yin
, Shaoqin Gong
, Weidong Zhou
, Jae Shin
, Xiuling Li
, Michael Arnold
, Xudong Wang
, Zhenqiang Ma

University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Texas at Arlington
Yeungnam University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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A novel method is developed to realize a III-V/Si dual-junction photovoltaic cell by combining epitaxial lift-off (ELO) and print-transfer-assisted bonding methods. The adoption of ELO enables III-V wafers to be recycled and reused, which can further lower the cost of III-V/Si photovoltaic panels. For demonstration, high crystal quality, micrometer-thick, GaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs films are lifted off, transferred, and directly bonded onto Si wafer without the use of any adhesive or bonding agents. The bonding interface is optically transparent and conductive both thermally and electrically. Prototype AlGaAs/Si dual-junction tandem solar cells have been fabricated and exhibit decent performance.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	47-55
Number of pages	9
Journal	Energy Science and Engineering
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.182
State	Published - 2018

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NREL/JA-5J00-71243

Keywords

epitaxy
heterogeneous
solar cell
thin films

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AlGaAs/Si Dual-Junction Tandem Solar Cells by Epitaxial Lift-Off and Print-Transfer-Assisted Direct Bonding

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