InAs infrared-sensitive solar cells are fabricated by using the films grown by the liquid phase epitaxy technique. The film microstructures are characterized by x-ray diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy. The currentvoltage characteristics of the solar cells in the dark and under AM1.5 illumination at 300 K and 77 K are discussed. The conversion efficiency of p-InAs/n-sub InAs cells decreases when the thickness of the p-type film changes from 1.7 𝜇m to 3.5 𝜇m, which is caused by the reduced effective photons near p-n junction. The p-InAs/n-InAs/n-sub InAs solar cell with the conversion efficiency of 7.43% in 1-2.5 𝜇m under AM1.5 at 77 K is obtained. The short circuit current density increases dramatically with decreasing temperature due to the weakened effect of phonon scattering.
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