Title :
Susceptibility of "ultracapacitors" to proton and gamma irradiation
Author :
Shojah-Adalan, S. ; Wilkins, R. ; Machado, H.U. ; Syed, B.A. ; McClure, S. ; Rax, B. ; Scheick, L. ; Weideman, M. ; Yui, C. ; Reed, M. ; Ahmed, Z.
Author_Institution :
NASA Center for Appl. Radiat. Res., Prairie View A&M Univ., TX, USA
Abstract :
Ultracapacitors are promising components for energy storage, power backup and delivery systems. Our study examines the possible effects associated with gamma and proton irradiation in selected samples up to 1200 farad.
Keywords :
energy storage; gamma-ray effects; proton effects; supercapacitors; 1200 F; and gamma irradiation; commercial-off-the-shelf; delivery systems; energy storage; equivalent series resistance; power backup; proton irradiation; ultracapacitors susceptibility; Automatic testing; Laboratories; Life testing; NASA; Performance evaluation; Propulsion; Protons; Space technology; Supercapacitors; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation Effects Data Workshop, 2003. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8127-0
DOI :
10.1109/REDW.2003.1281351
