• DocumentCode
    2371473
  • Title

    Above-CMOS a-Si and CIGS solar cells for powering autonomous microsystems

  • Author

    Lu, J. ; Liu, W. ; van der Werf, C.H.M. ; Kovalgin, A.Y. ; Sun, Y. ; Schropp, R.E.I. ; Schmitz, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Enschede, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6-8 Dec. 2010
  • Abstract
    Two types of solar cells are successfully grown on chips from two CMOS generations. The efficiency of amorphous-silicon (a-Si) solar cells reaches 5.2%, copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) cells 7.1%. CMOS functionality is unaffected. The main integration issues: adhesion, surface topography, metal ion contamination, process temperature, and mechanical stress can be resolved while maintaining standard photovoltaic processing.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; amorphous semiconductors; copper; elemental semiconductors; gallium; indium; micromechanical devices; silicon; solar cells; CMOS; amorphous-silicon solar cells; autonomous microsystems; copper-indium-gallium-selenide cells; mechanical stress; metal ion contamination; photovoltaic processing; process temperature; surface topography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4424-7418-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0163-1918
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2010.5703457
  • Filename
    5703457