Abstract

AbstractHigh quality GaAs layers have been grown by low pressure MOVPE on Ge(001) and Ge(001) 9° off oriented in [110] direction by using a thin low temperature (LT) GaAs layer. Investigations of the initial growth step were performed at different V/III ratios and temperatures. To show the good buffer layer quality solar cell structures were grown on off oriented n‐Ge(001) and n‐GaAs(001) substrates. The surface morphology was studied by atomic force microscopy which showed the step‐flow growth mode on 1.2 µm thick GaAs/Ge structures. The crystalline qualities of this structures and the smooth surface morphology were investigated by double crystal X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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