American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 26(106), p. 263904
DOI: 10.1063/1.4923444
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We present a method for low temperature plasma-activated direct wafer bonding of III-V materials to Si using a transparent, conductive indium zinc oxide interlayer. The transparent, conductive oxide (TCO) layer provides excellent optical transmission as well as electrical conduction, suggesting suitability for Si/III-V hybrid devices including Si-based tandem solar cells. For bonding temperatures ranging from 100$^{∘}$C to 350$^{∘}$C, Ohmic behavior is observed in the sample stacks, with specific contact resistivity below 1 $Ω$cm$^2$ for samples bonded at 200$^{∘}$C. Optical absorption measurements show minimal parasitic light absorption, which is limited by the III-V interlayers necessary for Ohmic contact formation to TCOs. These results are promising for Ga$_{0.5}$In$_{0.5}$P/Si tandem solar cells operating at one sun or low concentration conditions.