Nicolas Fressengeas @fresseng activity timestamp 5 years ago New Optimized InGaN Metal-IN Solar Cell Owing to its good tolerance to radiations, its high light absorption and its Indium-composition-tuned bandgap, the Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) ternary alloy is a good candidate for high--efficiency--high--reliability solar cells able to operate in harsh environments. Unfortunately, InGaN p-doping is still a challenge, owing to InGaN residual n-doping, the lack of dedicated acceptors and the complex fabrication process itself. To these drawbacks can be added the uneasy fabrication of ohmic contacts and the difficulty to grow the high-quality-high-Indium-content thin films which would be needed to cover the whole solar spectrum. These drawbacks still prevent InGaN solar cells to be competitive with other well established III-V and silicon technologies. In this communication, a new Metal-IN (MIN) InGaN solar cell structure is proposed, where the InGaN p-doped layer is removed and replaced by a Schottky contact, lifting one of the above mentioned drawbacks. A set of realistic physical models based on actual measurements is used to simulate and optimize its behavior and performance using mathematically rigorous multi-criteria optimization methods, aiming to show that both efficiency and fabrication tolerances are better than the previously described simple InGaN Schottky solar cell. Reply Boost Like More actions Copy link Flag this media Block