New silicon space solar cells with IBF (integrated bypass function)

Author

Hisamatsu, Tadashi ; Washio, Hidetoshi ; Yoshjoka, H. ; Saga, Tatsuo ; Matsutani, Toshinobu ; Suzuki, Akio ; Kawasaki, Osamu ; Yamamoto, Yasunari ; Matsuda, Sumio

Author_Institution

Photovoltaics Div., Sharp Corp., Nara, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

2220

Abstract

New silicon space solar cells with IBF (integrated bypass function) which enable prevention of a failure caused by a reverse biasing are proposed. To investigate the feasibility of these cells, some preliminary experiments were performed. From the results of these experiments, it is confirmed that these cells have no problems intrinsically as space solar cells and contribute to obtaining higher reliability of a solar array

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device reliability; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor materials; silicon; solar cell arrays; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; Si; Si solar cells; cell design; cell fabrication; failure prevention; integrated bypass function; reliability; reverse biasing; solar array; space solar cells; Antenna arrays; Diodes; Leakage current; Photovoltaic cells; Power dissipation; Protection; Satellites; Silicon; Temperature; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.521665

Filename

521665