Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 44, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/44/445402
Keywords
strain compensation; tensile strain; self-assembled quantum dots; InAs/AlAsSb; intermediate band solar cells
Funding
- Department of Energy [DE-EE0005325]
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We use thin tensile-strained AlAs layers to manage compressive strain in stacked layers of InAs/AlAsSb quantum dots (QDs). The AlAs layers allow us to reduce residual strain in the QD stacks, suppressing strain-related defects. AlAs layers 2.4 monolayers thick are sufficient to balance the strain in the structures studied, in agreement with theory. Strain balancing improves material quality and helps increase QD uniformity by preventing strain accumulation and ensuring that each layer of InAs experiences the same strain. Stacks of 30 layers of strain-balanced QDs exhibit carrier lifetimes as long as 9.7 ns. QD uniformity is further enhanced by vertical ABAB... ordering of the dots in successive layers. Strain compensated InAs/AlAsSb QD stacks show great promise for intermediate band solar cell applications.
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