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Autores principales: Messudom, Naomie, Cavanna, Antonella, Madouri, Ali, Macias, Carlos, Bardou, Nathalie, Travers, Laurent, Collin, Stéphane, Harmand, Jean-Christophe, Delamarre, Amaury
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10097
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author Messudom, Naomie
Cavanna, Antonella
Madouri, Ali
Macias, Carlos
Bardou, Nathalie
Travers, Laurent
Collin, Stéphane
Harmand, Jean-Christophe
Delamarre, Amaury
author_facet Messudom, Naomie
Cavanna, Antonella
Madouri, Ali
Macias, Carlos
Bardou, Nathalie
Travers, Laurent
Collin, Stéphane
Harmand, Jean-Christophe
Delamarre, Amaury
contents Re-using the substrate is identified as a method for reducing the cost of high efficiency III-V solar cells. The approach investigated here consists in inserting a graphene layer onto a (001)GaAs substrate prior to the epitaxial growth of GaAs. To obtain a monocrystalline GaAs grown layer, the graphene layer is patterned, followed by a two-step epitaxial growth, here performed by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The first step is a selective area growth of GaAs in graphene openings, followed by a lateral overgrowth, under a modulated Ga flux. The second step, after reaching coalescence, consists in a regular growth under continuous Ga supply. It is observed that the pattern orientations relative to the crystallographic direction of the GaAs substrate below the graphene have an influence on GaAs morphology and quality. The best result was obtained for patterns oriented along [1__10]+22.5{\textdegree} with a graphene coverage of 50%, with a significantly reduced roughness down to 3.3 nm.
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spellingShingle Graphene assisted III-V epitaxy towards substrate recycling
Messudom, Naomie
Cavanna, Antonella
Madouri, Ali
Macias, Carlos
Bardou, Nathalie
Travers, Laurent
Collin, Stéphane
Harmand, Jean-Christophe
Delamarre, Amaury
Materials Science
Re-using the substrate is identified as a method for reducing the cost of high efficiency III-V solar cells. The approach investigated here consists in inserting a graphene layer onto a (001)GaAs substrate prior to the epitaxial growth of GaAs. To obtain a monocrystalline GaAs grown layer, the graphene layer is patterned, followed by a two-step epitaxial growth, here performed by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The first step is a selective area growth of GaAs in graphene openings, followed by a lateral overgrowth, under a modulated Ga flux. The second step, after reaching coalescence, consists in a regular growth under continuous Ga supply. It is observed that the pattern orientations relative to the crystallographic direction of the GaAs substrate below the graphene have an influence on GaAs morphology and quality. The best result was obtained for patterns oriented along [1__10]+22.5{\textdegree} with a graphene coverage of 50%, with a significantly reduced roughness down to 3.3 nm.
title Graphene assisted III-V epitaxy towards substrate recycling
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10097