Published 1993 | Version v1
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Low carrier removal rates and annealing behavior of thermally diffused p+n (Cd,S) InP structures after 1013cm-2 3MeV proton irradiation

Creators

  • 1. Cleveland State Univ., OH (United States). Space Photovoltaic Research Center
  • 2. NASA, Cleveland, OH (United States). Lewis Research Center
  • 3. Kent State Univ., OH (United States)

Description

Recently on bare p+n (Cd,S) InP diffused cells the authors recorded AMO, 25C VOC values exceeding 880 mV. In this work they present some of their most recent results showing much lower carrier removal rates in the emitter of p+n (Cd,S) diffused structures as compared to p+n (Zn,S) structures after irradiation with 1013cm-2, 3 MeV protons. They also show the complete recovery of emitter carrier concentration profiles of p+n (Cd,S) structures after about 2 months in dark at room temperature, a behavior they have not observed for the p+n (Zn,S) structures. The drop in ISC, FF and efficiency of diffused p+n (Cd,S) InP cells after proton irradiation is lower than previously reported values for n+p (Si,Zn) InP cells fabricated by MOCVD or n+p (S,Zn) InP cells fabricated by diffusion

Part of:
Twenty third IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (United States)
ISBN
0-7803-1220-1
Imprint Title
Twenty third IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference
Imprint Pagination
1566 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1437-1441.

Conference

Title
23. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) photovoltaic specialists conference.
Dates
10-14 May 1993.
Place
Louisville, KY (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25039449
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; FABRICATION; MS SOLAR CELLS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
Descriptors DEC
CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POWER SUPPLIES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-930540--.