Study of the electrical parameters degradation of GaAs sub-cells for triple junction space solar cells by computer simulation
Título | Study of the electrical parameters degradation of GaAs sub-cells for triple junction space solar cells by computer simulation |
Tipo de Publicación | Journal Article |
Año de Publicación | 2016 |
Autores | Cappelletti M, Casas G, Morales D, Hasperue W, Peltzer y Blancá E |
Journal | Semiconductor Science and Technology |
Volumen | 31 |
Páginas | 115020 |
Fecha de publicación | oct |
Resumen | In this paper, a theoretical study of the electrical parameters degradation of different n-type GaAs sub-cells for InGaP/GaAs/Ge triple junction solar cells irradiated with 1 and 5 MeV electrons has been performed by means of computer simulation. Effects of base carrier concentration upon the maximum power point, short-circuit current, open circuit voltage, diffusion current, recombination current and series resistance of these devices have been researched using the displacement damage dose method, the one-dimensional PC1D device modeling program and a home-made numerical code based on genetic algorithms. The radiative recombination lifetime, damage constant for minority-carrier lifetime and carrier removal rate models for GaAs sub-cells have been used in the simulations. An analytical model has been proposed, which is useful to describe the radiation-induced degradation of diffusion current, recombination current and series resistance. Results obtained in this work can be used to predict the radiation resistance of solar cells over a wide range of energies. |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1088%2F0268-1242%2F31%2F11%2F115020 |
DOI | 10.1088/0268-1242/31/11/115020 |