Effect of Omnidirectional Proton Irradiation On Shielded Solar Cells
| Autor: | T.L. Morton, Robert J. Walters, G.P. Summers, J. H. Warner, E.A. Burke, S.R. Messenger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science business.industry Monte Carlo method Radiation law.invention Gallium arsenide chemistry.chemical_compound Optics Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry law Electromagnetic shielding Solar cell Irradiation Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Omnidirectional antenna Space environment |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 53:3771-3778 |
| ISSN: | 0018-9499 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tns.2006.886220 |
| Popis: | An analysis of the effects of low energy proton irradiation on the electrical performance of triple junction (3J) InGaP2/GaAs/Ge solar cells is presented. The Monte Carlo ion transport code SRIM is used to simulate the damage profile induced in a 3J solar cell under the conditions of typical ground testing and that of the omnidirectional space environment. The results are used to present a quantitative analysis of the defect, and hence damage, distribution induced in the cell active region by the different radiation conditions. The modeling results show that, in the space environment where the incident radiation is omnidirectional, the solar cell will experience a uniform damage distribution through the active region of the cell. The cases of directional spectrum irradiation and omnidirectional irradiation through very thin shielding are also considered. Through an application of the displacement damage dose analysis methodology, the implications of this result on mission performance predictions are investigated |
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