A Lightweight Flexible Solar Cell Based on a Heteroepitaxial InGaP/GaAs Structure


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Abstract

Problems arising in fabrication of lightweight flexible solar cells based on heteroepitaxial AIIIBV structures with substrate etching are discussed. Possible solutions are proposed. A tandem lightweight flexible solar cell based on a heteroepitaxial InGaP/GaAs structure was fabricated. Its mass and dimensional characteristics were determined, and bending tests were performed. The specific mass of this solar cell was 0.51 kg/m2, and the allowable bend radius was 36 mm. Its current–voltage curves were measured for the AM0 and AM1.5D spectra at 28.6°C and 25°C, respectively. The cell efficiency was found to be 23.1% and 28.3%.

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M. A. Putyato

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

N. A. Valisheva

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

M. O. Petrushkov

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

V. V. Preobrazhenskii

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

I. B. Chistokhin

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

B. R. Semyagin

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

E. A. Emel’yanov

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. V. Vasev

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. F. Skachkov

PAO Saturn

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Krasnodar, 350072

G. I. Yurko

PAO Saturn

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Krasnodar, 350072

I. I. Nesterenko

PAO Saturn

Email: puma@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Krasnodar, 350072


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