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16 February 2018 Type-II GaAsSb/GaAsN superlattice solar cells
A. Gonzalo, A. D. Utrilla, U. Aeberhard, J. M. Llorens, B. Alén, D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Guzman, A. Hierro, J.M. Ulloa
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Proceedings Volume 10527, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VII; 105270D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290079
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Dilute nitride GaAsSbN is an ideal candidate to form the 1-1.15 eV lattice-matched sub-cell that would significantly enhance the performance of 3- and 4-junction solar cells. However, growth problems inherent to this quaternary alloy lead typically to a poor crystal quality that limits its applicability. Better compositional control and crystal quality have been recently reported by growing the material as a GaAsSb/GaAsN superlattice, because of the spatial separation of Sb and N that avoid miscibility problems. Moreover, these structures provide bandgap tunability trough period thickness. Here we study the performance of lattice-matched 1.15 eV GaAsSb/GaAsN type-II superlattice p-i-n junction solar cells with different period thickness and compare them with the bulk and GaAsSbN/GaAs type-I superlattice counterparts. We demonstrate carrier lifetime tunability through the period thickness in the type-II structures. However, the long carrier lifetimes achievable with periods thicker than 12 nm are incompatible with a high carrier extraction efficiency under short-circuit conditions. Only superlattices with thinner periods and short carrier lifetimes show good solar cell performance. Quantum kinetic calculations based on the non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) formalism predict a change in transport regime from direct tunneling extraction to sequential tunneling with sizable thermionic emission components when passing from 6 nm to 12 nm period length, which for low carrier lifetime results in a decrease of extraction efficiency by more than 30%.
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A. Gonzalo, A. D. Utrilla, U. Aeberhard, J. M. Llorens, B. Alén, D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Guzman, A. Hierro, and J.M. Ulloa "Type-II GaAsSb/GaAsN superlattice solar cells", Proc. SPIE 10527, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VII, 105270D (16 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290079
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