A high throughput, linear molecular beam epitaxy system for reduced cost manufacturing of GaAs photovoltaic cells: will GaAs ever be inexpensive enough?

Abstract

A high volume linear molecular beam growth system is proposed. Costs of GaAs cells grown by this or other technologies remains ∼10× higher than silicon solar cells.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Source ID
10.1039/c9se01255a

Entities

People

  • Byungjun Lee
  • Dejiu Fan
  • Stephen R. Forrest

Organizations

  • United States Army
  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • University of Michigan

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.