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Germanium virtual substrates: a promising platform for multi-junction solar cells
Cutting cell costs will ensure that concentrating photovoltaic systems become more competitive. One way to do this is to turn to silicon substrates incorporating germanium-based layers, which bridge lattice constants and allow the formation of a 1 eV junction for boosting efficiency, say Andrew Clark, David Williams and Radek Roucka from Translucent.