Development of high efficiency silicon space solar cells

The cell design and manufacturing process for the high efficiency thin silicon space solar cells (call NRS/LBSF cell) were finalized and their characteristics were qualified. The 100 /spl mu/n NRS/LBSF cells showed efficiencies of maximum 18.5% and average 18.0%. After electron irradiation of 1E+15e...

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Published inProceedings of 1994 IEEE 1st World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion - WCPEC (A Joint Conference of PVSC, PVSEC and PSEC) Vol. 2; pp. 2133 - 2136 vol.2
Main Authors Katsu, T., Shimada, K., Washio, H., Tonomura, Y., Hisamatsu, T., Kamimura, K., Saga, T., Matsutani, T., Suzuki, A., Kawasaki, O., Yamamoto, Y., Matsuda, S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1994
Subjects
Conductivity
Degradation
Electrons
Manufacturing processes
Passivation
Photovoltaic cells
Process design
Qualifications
Silicon
Testing
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Summary:The cell design and manufacturing process for the high efficiency thin silicon space solar cells (call NRS/LBSF cell) were finalized and their characteristics were qualified. The 100 /spl mu/n NRS/LBSF cells showed efficiencies of maximum 18.5% and average 18.0%. After electron irradiation of 1E+15e/cm/sup 2/, the NRS/LBSF cell showed about 1.2 times higher output power than the conventional 200 /spl mu/m BSR cell.
ISBN:0780314603
9780780314603
DOI:10.1109/WCPEC.1994.521643