The global energy market is seeing increases in the electricity demand of a couple of
percentage points annually. The photovoltaic (PV) industry is also growing rapidly every …

In this paper, the impact of the plasma process for III-V/Ge heterostructure etching on both
the morphology and the photovoltaic performance is investigated for the fabrication of …

Multi-junction concentrator solar cells are a promising technology as they can fulfill the
increasing energy demand with renewable sources. Focusing sunlight upon the aperture of …

Summary Three-dimensional (3D) interconnects increase chip power density and enable
miniaturization. Photonic chips require new processes to enable transitioning to 3D …

This article presents a complete plasma etching process to etch high aspect ratio patterns on
III-V/Ge solar cell heterostructure with low damage for the fabrication of multijunction solar …

The impact of via etching on triple junction solar cell performance has been investigated for
through cell via contact architectures. Triple junction solar cells with standard top and back …

III–V multi‐junction solar cells are promising devices for photovoltaic applications under very
high concentration levels of sunlight. Shadowing losses of the front side metallisation and …

Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) constitute a promising technology to allow solar energy to
be competitive in the power generation market. Despite its huge potential, this technology …

The Solar cell front side is a key design point for improved cell efficiency as a trade is made
between optical losses (shadowing effect) and electrical losses (resistance). One solution …

Photovoltaic cells are conventionally electrically isolated (isolation) and then separated from
the wafer (singulation) by saw dicing at the end of the fabrication process. However, saw …