Initial Development of MBE-Grown InAs Diodes for Thermoradiative Energy Harvesting

Abstract

We describe the development of 1x1 mm2 InAs thermoradiative diodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy with emphasis on their reverse saturation current and break-down voltage. P-i-n diode structures grown at 450 C, with As2 flux around 3 times stoichiometry and an In effusion cell tip temperature 150 C higher than the base temperature, exhibit the best results with breakdown voltages above 0.3 V and reverse saturation current densities 200 times the radiative limit.