Properties of interfaces in GaInP solar cells

The effect of the properties of interfaces with Group-III phosphides on characteristics of GaInP solar cells has been studied. It is shown that the large valence band offset at the p-GaAs/p-AlInP interface imposes fundamental limitations on the use of p-AlInP layers as a wide-band-gap window in p-n structures of solar cells operating at ratios of high solar light concentration. It is demonstrated that characteristics of p-n solar cells can be, in principle, improved by using a double-layer wide-band-gap window constituted by p-Al0.8Ga0.2As and p-(Al0.6Ga0.4)(0.51)In0.49P layers.