Operation of solar cells in a space environment

McEvoy's Handbook of Photovoltaics: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 987-1003

  Bailey, Sheila ^a   Raffaelle, Ryne ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multijunction cell; Silicon solar cell; Tandem cell

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS;

EARTH ORBITS; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; INTEGRAL PART; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PROGRAMS; TANDEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85054275630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809921-6.00027-6     Document Type: Chapter

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