Gallium arsenide solar cell radiation damage study

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 2083-2091

  Maurer, R H ^a   Herbert, G A ^a   Kinnison, J D ^a   Meulenberg, A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Image Processing Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; PROTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION; POINT DEFECTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0024946273     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.45408     Document Type: Article

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