Modeling of airborne dust accumulation on solar cells at the Martian surface

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 683-685

  Tanabe, Katsuaki ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; Dust; Mars; Particle; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR CELLS;

LONG-LIFE POWER SOURCE; LONG-TERM CELL PERFORMANCE EVOLUTION; MARS; MARS PATHFINDER;

DUST;

EID: 43849092122     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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