Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell

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

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

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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.

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

Issue Date:: Tue Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2021

Research Org.:: Microlink Devices, Inc., Niles, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1805520

Patent Number(s):: 10923617

Application Number:: 13/165,318

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/06875 - {inverted grown metamorphic [IMM] multiple junction solar cells, e.g. III-V compounds inverted metamorphic multi-junction cells}
H01L31/1844 - {comprising ternary or quaternary compounds, e.g. Ga Al As, In Ga As P}
H01L31/1852 - {comprising a growth substrate not being an AIIIBV compound}
H01L31/1896 - {for thin-film semiconductors}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/544 - Solar cells from Group III-V materials

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Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 06/21/2011

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Pan, Noren, Hillier, Glen, Vu, Duy Phong, Tatavarti, Rao, Youtsey, Christopher, McCallum, David, and Martin, Genevieve. Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell.  United States: N. p., 2021. 
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                    Pan, Noren, Hillier, Glen, Vu, Duy Phong, Tatavarti, Rao, Youtsey, Christopher, McCallum, David, & Martin, Genevieve. Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell.  United States.

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                    Pan, Noren, Hillier, Glen, Vu, Duy Phong, Tatavarti, Rao, Youtsey, Christopher, McCallum, David, and Martin, Genevieve. Tue .  
        "Methods for fabricating thin film III-V compound solar cell".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805520.

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  abstractNote = {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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