Degradation behavior of electrical properties of GaInAs (1.0 eV) and GaInAs (0.7 eV) sub-cells of IMM4J solar cells under1-MeV electron irradiation

In this work the degradation effects of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) and Ga_(0.42)In_(0.58)As(0.7 eV) sub-cells for IMM4J solar cells are investigated after 1-MeV electron irradiation by using spectral response and photoluminescence(PL) signal amplitude analysis, as well as electrical property measurements. The results show that, compared with the electrical properties of traditional single junction(SJ) GaAs(1.41 eV) solar cell, the electrical properties(such as Isc, Voc, and Pmax)of the newly sub-cells degrade similarly as a function of log ?, where ? represents the electron fluence. It is found that the degradation of Voc is much more than that of Isc in the irradiated Ga_(0.42)In_(0.58)As(0.7 eV) cells due to the additional intrinsic layer, leading to more serious damage to the space charge region. However, of the three types of SJ cells with the gap widths of 0.7, 1.0, and 1.4 eV, the electric properties of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) cell decrease largest under each irradiation fluence. Analysis on the spectral response indicates that the Jsc of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) cell also shows the most severe damage. The PL amplitude measurements qualitatively confirm that the degradation of the effective minority carrier life-time(τeff) in the SJ Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As cells is more drastic than that of SJ GaAs cells during the irradiation. Thus,the output current of Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As sub-cell should be controlled in the irradiated IMM4J cells.     

AlAs/GaAs分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)的反射谱拟合与优化生长

对分布布拉格反射镜(DBR)的原理和特征进行了分析,使用传输矩阵方法计算了不同对数GaAs/AlAs反射镜的反射率曲线.利用分子束外延(MBE)设备生长了波长为920nm和980nm的半导体多层膜DBR反射镜,分析了实验测得的反射谱与理论拟合曲线之间的差异及其产生原因,实现了材料的优化生长,获得了反射率大于99;、中心波长和带宽接近理论计算值的DBR材料.该DBR的反射谱拟合与优化生长研究可应用于VCSEL和VECSEL激光器.     

InP同质外延的不稳定生长:小丘的形成

用原子力显微镜研究了在不同的条件下采用固态磷源分子束外延技术生长的InP同质外延薄膜的表面形貌。在样品的表面观察到不稳定三维岛状生长。其主要原因有两种,第一种是生长温度较低时,由于吸附原子受到附加的ES台阶边垒的阻碍作用,使扩散运动不能向台阶下面运动,而在台阶上面形成小丘,第二种是生长温度较高或V/III较低时,因生长中缺磷造成In的堆积而产生。在合适的生长条件下,可获得了光滑的2D层状生长。     

光致发光谱研究自组织InAs双模量子点态填充

采用固态源分子束外延技术在GaAs(100)衬底上,制备了InAs量子点,对样品进行原子力显微镜测试,统计结果表明量子点尺寸呈双模分布。光致发光谱研究表明,在室温和77 K下,小量子点的发光峰均占主导地位,原因可能是：(1)大量子点的态密度小于小量子点;(2)捕获载流子速率,大量子点小于小量子点;(3)大量子点与盖层存在较大的应变势垒和可能出现的位错和缺陷,导致温度变化引起载流子从小尺寸量子点转移到大尺寸的量子点中概率很小。     

调制掺杂GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG材料持久光电导及子带电子特性研究

在掺Si的GaAs/AlGaAs二维电子气(2DEG)结构中，得到μ_2K=1.78×10^{6cm2/(V·s)的高迁移率.在低温(2K)和高磁场(6T)的条件下，对样品进行红 光辐照，观察到持久光电导(PPC)效应，电子浓度在光照后显著增加.通过整数量子霍尔效应 (IQHE)和Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH)振荡的测量，研究了2DEG的子带电子特性.样品在低温光 照后2DEG中第一子带和第二子带的电子浓度同时随电子总浓度的增加而增加；而且电子迁移 率也明显提高.同时，通过整数霍尔平台的宽度对光照前后电子的量子寿命变短现象作了理 论分析. 关键词： 二维电子气 量子霍尔效应 SdH振荡 持久光电导效应}