Semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell and method for producing a multi-junction solar cell
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01L-031/044
H01L-031/0352
H01L-031/18
H01L-031/0687
H01L-031/0725
출원번호
US-0336565
(2014-07-21)
등록번호
US-9666738
(2017-05-30)
우선권정보
EP-12000386 (2012-01-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Fuhrmann, Daniel
출원인 / 주소
Azur Space Solar Power GmbH
대리인 / 주소
Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
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초록▼
A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell includes a first semiconductor body that is designed as a first partial solar cell and has a first band gap, a second semiconductor body that is designed as a second partial solar cell and has a second band gap. The first semiconductor body and t
A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell includes a first semiconductor body that is designed as a first partial solar cell and has a first band gap, a second semiconductor body that is designed as a second partial solar cell and has a second band gap. The first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body form a bonded connection to a tunnel diode and the first band gap is different from the second band gap. A first substrate material is adapted as a substrate layer, wherein a sacrificial layer is formed between the first substrate material and the first partial solar cell and the first substrate material is removed from the first semiconductor body, the sacrificial layer being destroyed in the process.
대표청구항▼
1. A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell comprising: a first semiconductor body adapted as a first partial solar cell, the first semiconductor body has a first band gap;a second semiconductor body adapted as a second partial solar cell, the second semiconductor body has a second band
1. A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell comprising: a first semiconductor body adapted as a first partial solar cell, the first semiconductor body has a first band gap;a second semiconductor body adapted as a second partial solar cell, the second semiconductor body has a second band gap, the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body form a material-to-material connection with a tunnel diode, the first band gap being different from the second band gap;a first substrate material implemented as a substrate layer; anda sacrificial layer formed between the first substrate material and the first partial solar cell,wherein the substrate layer is a GaAs or InP or Ge substrate,wherein the sacrificial layer has a third band gap,wherein the third band gap is smaller than the first band gap and smaller than the second band gap,wherein the third band gap is less than 1.2 eV,wherein a stack formed of the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body is transparent to incident electromagnetic radiation in an infrared wavelength region,wherein the stack is irradiated through the first and second semiconductor body and into the sacrificial layer towards the substrate layer,wherein the sacrificial layer has an absorption band in an infrared spectral region so that electromagnetic energy incident through the stack is absorbed only in the sacrificial layer in order to remove the first substrate material from the first semiconductor body with the destruction of the sacrificial layer, andwherein the sacrificial layer is attached directly to the first semiconductor body. 2. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the sacrificial layer has a lattice constant that is different from the lattice constant of the first partial solar cell. 3. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the sacrificial layer is lattice-matched to the first partial solar cell. 4. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the substrate layer has a band gap with an energy of less than 1.5 eV. 5. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the first partial solar cell has a support layer with a material-to-material connection to the second partial solar cell. 6. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein a buffer layer is formed between the sacrificial layer and the first partial solar cell, and wherein the buffer layer has a material-to-material connection to the first partial solar cell. 7. The semifinished product according to claim 6, wherein the buffer layer is a Bragg reflector. 8. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein a support layer that has a material-to-material connection to the second partial solar cell is arranged on the second partial solar cell. 9. A method for producing a multi-junction solar cell comprising: providing a first substrate material as a substrate layer;providing a first semiconductor body that is adapted as a first partial solar cell and that has a first band gap;providing a second semiconductor body that is adapted as a second partial solar cell that has a second band gap, the first band gap being different from the second band gap;forming a material-to-material connection with a tunnel diode between the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body;forming a sacrificial layer between the first substrate material and the first partial solar cell;forming the substrate layer from a GaAS or InP or Ge substrate;forming the sacrificial layer with a third band gap of less than 1.2 eV, the third band gap being smaller than the first band gap and the second band gap;forming from the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body such that the stack is transparent to incident electromagnetic radiation in an infrared wavelength region;irradiating the stack through the first and second semiconductor body and into the sacrificial layer towards the substrate layer, andremoving the first substrate material from the first semiconductor body via a destruction of the sacrificial layer in that the electromagnetic radiation incident through the stack composed of the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body is absorbed in the sacrificial layer;wherein the sacrificial layer is attached directly to the first semiconductor body. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein a buffer layer that has a material-to-material connection to the first partial solar cell is provided between the sacrificial layer and the first partial solar cell. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the buffer layer is a Bragg reflector. 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein a support layer has a material-to-material connection to the second partial solar cell and is arranged on the second partial solar cell. 13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the sacrificial layer is heated and decomposed via absorption of an electromagnetic wave, and wherein the first partial solar cell and the second partial solar cell are removed from the sacrificial layer together. 14. The method according to claim 9, wherein an additional single-junction solar cell or an additional multi-junction solar cell is formed on the first partial solar cell or the second partial solar cell, and wherein the additional single-junction solar cell or the additional multi-junction solar cell has a band gap that is different from the first partial solar cell and the second partial solar cell. 15. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the sacrificial layer is formed directly against the first semiconductor body without any intervening layers. 16. The semifinished product according to claim 1, wherein the sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate with a lattice mismatch.
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