DocumentCode
3557623
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
fYear
2005
fDate
3-7 Jan. 2005
Firstpage
559
Lastpage
562
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8707-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488192
Filename
1488192
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