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GaSb Thermophotovoltaic Cells Grown on GaAs Substrate Using the Interfacial Misfit Array Method

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We present gallium antimonide (GaSb) p–i–n photodiodes for use as thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells grown on gallium arsenide (100) substrates using the interfacial misfit array method. Devices were grown using molecular beam epitaxy and fabricated using standard microfabrication processes. X-ray diffraction was used to measure the strain, and current–voltage (I–V) tests were performed to determine the photovoltaic properties of the TPV cells. Energy generation at low efficiencies was achieved, and device performance was critically analyzed.

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This material is based upon work supported by␣the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-0806676 and NSF Grant No. ECCS-1055203. This work was performed in part at the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), which is supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award No. ECS-0335765. CNS is part of Harvard University. The Tufts Micro- and Nanofabrication Facility was also used for this work.

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  1. Renewable Energy and Applied Photonics Labs, ECE Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA

    Dante DeMeo, Corey Shemelya, Chandler Downs, Abigail Licht, Emir Salih Magden & Thomas E. Vandervelde

  2. Center for High Tech Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Tom Rotter & Ganesh Balakrishnan

  3. Department of Physics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA

    Chetan Dhital & Stephen Wilson

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DeMeo, D., Shemelya, C., Downs, C. et al. GaSb Thermophotovoltaic Cells Grown on GaAs Substrate Using the Interfacial Misfit Array Method. J. Electron. Mater. 43, 902–908 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-014-3029-1

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