简介:ThisworkstudiesTedopingeffectsonthedirectbandgapphotoluminescence(PL)ofindirectGaxIn1-xPalloys(0.72≤x≤0.74).Thetemperature-dependentPLshowsthattheenergydifferencebetweendirectΓvalleyandindirectXvalleysisreducedduetothebandgapnarrowing(BGN)effect,andthedirectbandtransitiongraduallydominatesthePLspectraastemperatureincreases.CarrierthermalizationhasbeenobservedforTe-dopedGaxIn1-xPsamples,asintegratedPLintensityincreaseswithincreasingtemperaturefrom175to300K.Theactivationenergyforcarrierthermalizationisreducedasdopingconcentrationincreases.BothBGNeffectandcarrierthermalizationcontributetothecarrierinjectionintotheΓvalley.Asaresult,thedirectbandtransitionisenhancedintheTe-dopedindirectGaxIn1-xPalloys.Therefore,thePLintensityoftheGa0.74In0.26Psamplewithactivedopingconcentrationof9×1017cm-3isincreasedbyfivetimescomparedwiththatofanominallyundopedsample.ItisalsofoundthatthePLintensityisdegradedsignificantlywhenthedopingconcentrationisincreasedto5×1018cm-3.Fromcross-sectiontransmissionelectronmicroscopy,nolargedopantclustersorotherextendeddefectswerefoundcontributingtothisdegradation.
简介:GaInP/GaAs/Getriple-junctionsolarcellswereirradiatedwith50keVand100keVprotonsatfluencesof5×1010cm-2,1×1011cm-2,1×1012cm-2,and1×1013cm-2.Theirperformancedegradationisanalyzedusingcurrent-voltagecharacteristicsandspectralresponsemeasurements,andthenthechangesinIsc,Voc,Pmaxandthespectralresponseofthecellsareobservedasfunctionsofprotonirradiationfluenceandenergy.Theresultsshowthatthespectralresponseofthetopcelldegradesmoresignificantlythanthatofthemiddlecell,and100keVproton-induceddegradationratesofIsc,VocandPmaxarelargercomparedwith50keVprotonirradiation.