Title :
Production experience and performance of large area GaAs/Ge solar cells
Author :
Khemthong, S. ; Yang, M. ; Ou, T. ; Jara, G.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Solar Energy Corp., City of Industry, CA, USA
Abstract :
The authors present the key factors in the scale-up manufacturing of large area, high efficiency GaAs/Ge solar cells. Histograms of production cell performance are given
Keywords :
CVD coatings; III-V semiconductors; chemical vapour deposition; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; germanium; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor growth; solar cells; GaAs-Ge; MOCVD layer growth; large area solar cells; production cell performance; production experience; scale-up manufacturing; semiconductor; substrate; Cities and towns; Costs; Doping; Gallium arsenide; Inductors; MOCVD; Manufacturing processes; Photovoltaic cells; Production; Solar energy;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1460-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.521650
