Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell

Pan, Noren; Hillier, Glen; Vu, Duy Phach; Tatavarti, Rao; Youtsey, Christopher; McCallum, David; Martin, Genevieve

Title: Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell

Patent · Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1176431

Pan, Noren; Hillier, Glen; Vu, Duy Phach; Tatavarti, Rao; Youtsey, Christopher; McCallum, David; Martin, Genevieve

The present invention utilizes epitaxial lift-off in which a sacrificial layer is included in the epitaxial growth between the substrate and a thin film III-V compound solar cell. To provide support for the thin film III-V compound solar cell in absence of the substrate, a backing layer is applied to a surface of the thin film III-V compound solar cell before it is separated from the substrate. To separate the thin film III-V compound solar cell from the substrate, the sacrificial layer is removed as part of the epitaxial lift-off. Once the substrate is separated from the thin film III-V compound solar cell, the substrate may then be reused in the formation of another thin film III-V compound solar cell.

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Research Organization:: MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Assignee:: MicroLink Devices, Inc. (Niles, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 7,994,419

Application Number:: 12/167,583

OSTI ID:: 1176431

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2008 Jul 03

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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