Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules

Tauke-Pedretti, Anna; Cederberg, Jeffery; Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis; Alford, Charles; Sanchez, Carlos; Nielson, Gregory; Okandan, Murat; Sweatt, William; Jared, Bradley; Saavedra, Michael; Miller, William; Keeler, Gordon A.; Paap, Scott; Mudrick, John; Lentine, Anthony L.; Resnick, Paul; Gupta, Vipin; Nelson, Jeffrey; Li, Lan; Li, Duanhui; Gu, Tian; Hu, Juejun

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2812218

Title: Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules

Abstract

The design, fabrication and performance of InGaAs and InGaP/GaAs microcells are presented. These cells are integrated with a Si wafer providing a path for insertion in hybrid concentrated photovoltaic modules. Comparisons are made between bonded cells and cells fabricated on their native wafer. The bonded cells showed no evidence of degradation in spite of the integration process which involved significant processing including the removal of the III-V substrate. Results from a number of hybrid cell configurations were reported. These cells employed integration techniques including wafer level bonding of processed cells and solder bonding of the cells. Lastly, the cells themselves showed evidence of degradation in spite of the integration process, which involved significant processing including the removal of the III-V substrate.

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Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ^[1]; Cederberg, Jeffery ^[2]; Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis ^[3]; Alford, Charles ^[1]; Sanchez, Carlos ^[4]; Nielson, Gregory ^[5]; Okandan, Murat ^[6]; Sweatt, William ^[4]; Jared, Bradley ^[4]; Saavedra, Michael ^[4]; Miller, William ^[4]; Keeler, Gordon A. ^[4]; Paap, Scott ^[4]; Mudrick, John ^[4]; Lentine, Anthony L. ^[4]; Resnick, Paul ^[4]; Gupta, Vipin ^[4]; Nelson, Jeffrey ^[4]; Li, Lan ^[7]; Li, Duanhui ^[7] more »

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Optoelectronics
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Lincoln Lab.
Intel Corporation, Lehi, UT (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Vivint Solar, Lehi, UT (United States)
mPower Technology, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering

Publication Date:: 2018-03-09

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1429501

Report Number(s):: SAND2018-2517J
Journal ID: ISSN 1077-260X; 661281

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AR0000632; NA0003525

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1077-260X

Publisher:: IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY

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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Cederberg, Jeffery, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Alford, Charles, Sanchez, Carlos, Nielson, Gregory, Okandan, Murat, Sweatt, William, Jared, Bradley, Saavedra, Michael, Miller, William, Keeler, Gordon A., Paap, Scott, Mudrick, John, Lentine, Anthony L., Resnick, Paul, Gupta, Vipin, Nelson, Jeffrey, Li, Lan, Li, Duanhui, Gu, Tian, and Hu, Juejun. Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Cederberg, Jeffery, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Alford, Charles, Sanchez, Carlos, Nielson, Gregory, Okandan, Murat, Sweatt, William, Jared, Bradley, Saavedra, Michael, Miller, William, Keeler, Gordon A., Paap, Scott, Mudrick, John, Lentine, Anthony L., Resnick, Paul, Gupta, Vipin, Nelson, Jeffrey, Li, Lan, Li, Duanhui, Gu, Tian, & Hu, Juejun. Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2812218

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                    Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Cederberg, Jeffery, Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis, Alford, Charles, Sanchez, Carlos, Nielson, Gregory, Okandan, Murat, Sweatt, William, Jared, Bradley, Saavedra, Michael, Miller, William, Keeler, Gordon A., Paap, Scott, Mudrick, John, Lentine, Anthony L., Resnick, Paul, Gupta, Vipin, Nelson, Jeffrey, Li, Lan, Li, Duanhui, Gu, Tian, and Hu, Juejun. Fri .  
"Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2812218.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1429501.

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@article{osti_1429501,

  title        = {Hybrid Integration of III-V Solar Microcells for High Efficiency Concentrated Photovoltaic Modules},

  author       = {Tauke-Pedretti, Anna and Cederberg, Jeffery and Cruz-Campa, Jose Luis and Alford, Charles and Sanchez, Carlos and Nielson, Gregory and Okandan, Murat and Sweatt, William and Jared, Bradley and Saavedra, Michael and Miller, William and Keeler, Gordon A. and Paap, Scott and Mudrick, John and Lentine, Anthony L. and Resnick, Paul and Gupta, Vipin and Nelson, Jeffrey and Li, Lan and Li, Duanhui and Gu, Tian and Hu, Juejun},

  abstractNote = {The design, fabrication and performance of InGaAs and InGaP/GaAs microcells are presented. These cells are integrated with a Si wafer providing a path for insertion in hybrid concentrated photovoltaic modules. Comparisons are made between bonded cells and cells fabricated on their native wafer. The bonded cells showed no evidence of degradation in spite of the integration process which involved significant processing including the removal of the III-V substrate. Results from a number of hybrid cell configurations were reported. These cells employed integration techniques including wafer level bonding of processed cells and solder bonding of the cells. Lastly, the cells themselves showed evidence of degradation in spite of the integration process, which involved significant processing including the removal of the III-V substrate.},

  doi          = {10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2812218},

  journal      = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 24,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {3}

}

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