Radiation resistance of wide band gap n+/p AlInGaP solar cell for high-efficient multijunction space solar cells

Hae Seok Lee; Masafumi Yamaguchi; Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes; Aurangzeb Khan; Tatsuya Takamoto; Mitsuru Imaizumi; Takeshi Ohshima; Hisayoshi Itoh

doi:10.1143/JJAP.46.L645

Radiation resistance of wide band gap n⁺/p AlInGaP solar cell for high-efficient multijunction space solar cells

Hae Seok Lee^*
, Masafumi Yamaguchi
, Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes
, Aurangzeb Khan
, Tatsuya Takamoto
, Mitsuru Imaizumi
, Takeshi Ohshima
, Hisayoshi Itoh

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The effects of 30 keV proton irradiation on n⁺/p AlInGaP solar cells are presented here. As the proton fluence increases to more than 1 × 10¹⁰ cm^-2, the maximum power P_max of the cell decreases markedly due to the introduction of defects by proton irradiation. From the changes in minority-carrier diffusion length determined by quantum efficiency modeling as a function of fluence, the damage constant K_L for p-AlInGaP was estimated to be about 5.0 × 10^-5. This value is comparable to that observed from 3 MeV proton-irradiated p-InGaP whereas it is lower than that observed from 3 MeV proton-irradiated p-InGaAsP and p-InGaAs cells. The maximum power recovery of the cell was observed by minority-carrier-injection-enhanced annealing (1 A/cm²), and the annealing activation energy for 30 keV proton-irradiation-induced defects in p-AlInGaP was determined as ΔE = 0.42 eV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L645-L647
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
Volume	46
Issue number	25-28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.46.L645
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jul 13
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

AlInGaP
Damage constant
Irradiation-induced defects
Proton irradiation
Solar cells

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy

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