Title
Refractory In${x}$ Ga1-${x}$ N Solar Cells for High-Temperature Applications
Date Issued
01 November 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Williams J.
McFavilen H.
Fischer A.
Ding D.
Young S.
Vadiee E.
Arena C.
Honsberg C.
Goodnick S.
Publisher(s)
IEEE Electron Devices Society
Abstract
In$-{x}$Ga1- $-{x}$N solar cells are ideal for use in extreme temperature applications due to their wide band gap and chemical stability. In this paper, the details are given for the growth, fabrication, and characterization of In $-{x}$Ga1- $-{x}$N multiple quantum well solar cells designed for high temperatures. Materials characterization confirms basic optical and physical properties of the layers. External quantum efficiency, dark current-voltage, 1-sun current-voltage, and 300-sun high intensity pulsed solar simulator current-voltage measurements were taken at varied temperatures. Correlations are made between different characterization methods to draw conclusions about device behavior. Photovoltaic performance for $V-{{\rm{OC}}}$, $W-{{\rm{OC}}}$, $J-{{\rm{SC}}}$, and fill factor is given at multiple temperatures from 25 °C to 600 °C.
Start page
1646
End page
1652
Volume
7
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química física
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85036669254
Source
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
ISSN of the container
21563381
Sponsor(s)
Manuscript received May 19, 2016; revised August 8, 2017; accepted September 15, 2017. Date of publication October 16, 2017; date of current version October 19, 2017. This work was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, under Award Number DE-AR0000470. (Corresponding author: Joshua J. Williams.) J. J. Williams, A. M. Fischer, E. Vadiee, F. A. Ponce, C. B. Honsberg, and S. M. Goodnick are with Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA (e-mail: joshua.j.williams@asu.edu; alec.fischer@asu.edu; evadiee@asu. edu; ponce@asu.edu; honsberg@asu.edu; goodnick@asu.edu).
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