Title :
The correlation of proton and neutron damage in photovoltaics
Author :
Messenger, Scott R. ; Burke, Edward A. ; Lorentzen, Justin ; Walters, Robert J. ; Warner, Jeffrey H. ; Summers, Geoffrey P. ; Murray, Susan L. ; Murray, Christopher S. ; Crowley, Christopher J. ; Elkouh, Nabil A.
Author_Institution :
SFA, Inc., Largo, MD, USA
Abstract :
Damage correlations resulting from neutron and proton irradiation are described using the nonionizing energy loss (NIEL) approach. The method is applied on data generated on single junction GaAs/Ge solar cells.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; energy loss of particles; gallium arsenide; germanium; neutron effects; proton effects; semiconductor junctions; solar cells; GaAs-Ge; NIEL approach; damage correlations; neutron damage; nonionizing energy loss approach; photovoltaics; proton damage; single junction GaAs/Ge solar cells; Degradation; Energy loss; Isotopes; Laboratories; NIST; Neutrons; Photovoltaic cells; Protons; Space heating; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8707-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488192
