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

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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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This study was supported by SP-749.2016.1.

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  1. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    M. A. Putyato, N. A. Valisheva, M. O. Petrushkov, V. V. Preobrazhenskii, I. B. Chistokhin, B. R. Semyagin, E. A. Emel’yanov & A. V. Vasev

  2. PAO Saturn, 350072, Krasnodar, Russia

    A. F. Skachkov, G. I. Yurko & I. I. Nesterenko

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Putyato, M.A., Valisheva, N.A., Petrushkov, M.O. et al. A Lightweight Flexible Solar Cell Based on a Heteroepitaxial InGaP/GaAs Structure. Tech. Phys. 64, 1010–1016 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378421907020X

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