Flexible GaAs solar cells on roll-to-roll processed epitaxial Ge films on metal foils: a route towards low-cost and high-performance III–V photovoltaics

• DOI: 10.1039/c8ee02553c
• Publication Date: 2019-01-18T15:04:58Z
• Authors: P. Dutta; M. Rathi; D. Khatiwada; S. Sun; Y. Yao; B. Yu; S. Reed; M. Kacharia; J. Martinez; A. P. Litvinchuk; Z. Pasala; S. Pouladi; B. Eslami; J.-H. Ryou; H. Ghasemi; P. Ahrenkiel; S. Hubbard; V. Selvamanickam
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

Single-junction GaAs solar cells were developed on metal foils, laying the foundation for scalable manufacturing of low-cost, lightweight and high-efficiency flexible III–V solar cells.