Effect of omnidirectional proton irradiation on shielded solar cells

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3771-3778

  Messenger, Scott R ^a   Burke, Edward A ^a,b   Walters, Robert J ^c   Warner, Jeffrey H ^c,d   Summers, Geoffrey P ^d   Morton, Thomas L ^e  

^a SFA INC   (United States)

^b Naval Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement damage; Nonionizing energy loss; Radiation effects; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS;

CELL ACTIVE REGION; DAMAGE DOSE ANALYSIS; DIRECTIONAL SPECTRUM IRRADIATION; NONIONIZING ENERGY LOSS;

PROTON IRRADIATION;

EID: 33846276147     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.886220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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