Molecular Beam Epitaxy of CdSexTe1-x Photovoltaic Junctions on Silicon Substrates Conference Paper

abstract

• The II-VI semiconductor cadmium selenide telluride CdSeTe was grown by MBE on silicon. The large lattice mismatch to the silicon was accommodated in smaller steps using a beryllium telluride - zinc telluride buffer layer. A CdTe film grown on this buffer had about three times narrower x-ray diffraction peak than a CdSe0.40Te0.60 alloy. Photojunction devices were formed into mesa structures with n+Si / p+BeTe p-type bottom contacts and n-type CdSe top emitter layers, with thin (1 m) CdSeTe base layers. The photocurrent of junctions with CdTe base layers was about an order of magnitude greater than those with the CdSe 0.40Te0.60 alloy, most likely due to short minority carrier lifetime in the ternary. 2008 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2008 33rd IEEE Photovolatic Specialists Conference

authors

• Schuller, Michael

published proceedings

• 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

author list (cited authors)

• Clark, K., Maldonado, E., Schuller, M., & Kirk, W. P.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Clark, Kevin||Maldonado, E||Schuller, M||Kirk, WP

publication date

• January 2008

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Conference Record IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/pvsc.2008.4922875

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781424416417

start page

• 1

end page

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2008.4922875