The mechanical properties of Si-doped(111)GaAs crystal for solar cells are investigated by means of a microindentation technique.Vickers'microhardness Hv exhibits a nonlinear relationship with the applied load.In ...The mechanical properties of Si-doped(111)GaAs crystal for solar cells are investigated by means of a microindentation technique.Vickers'microhardness Hv exhibits a nonlinear relationship with the applied load.In the range of 0.1–1 kg,Hv is decreased from 5.59 GPa to 5.03 GPa.Such a phenomenon is explained on the basis of indenter penetration.The Hv value can effectively be presumed by Kick's law,and Meyer's index n is calculated to be 1.90.For the fracture toughness Kc of the GaAs crystal,it also displays nonlinear behavior related to the applied load,which is caused by energy dissipation during the development process of cracks on the wafer.展开更多
基金by the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee under Grant Nos 09530500800 and 10520501200the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51002096+1 种基金the Innovative Research Project of Shanghai Education Commission under Grant No 11YZ222the Key Disciplines of Shanghai Municipality under Grant No J51504.
文摘The mechanical properties of Si-doped(111)GaAs crystal for solar cells are investigated by means of a microindentation technique.Vickers'microhardness Hv exhibits a nonlinear relationship with the applied load.In the range of 0.1–1 kg,Hv is decreased from 5.59 GPa to 5.03 GPa.Such a phenomenon is explained on the basis of indenter penetration.The Hv value can effectively be presumed by Kick's law,and Meyer's index n is calculated to be 1.90.For the fracture toughness Kc of the GaAs crystal,it also displays nonlinear behavior related to the applied load,which is caused by energy dissipation during the development process of cracks on the wafer.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51472162,61605115)Shanghai Sailing Project(No.15YF1411800)the Program for Professor of Special Appointment(Eastern Scholar)at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning(No.TP2014061)