Degradation behavior of electrical properties of GaInAs (1.0 eV) and GaInAs (0.7 eV) sub-cells of IMM4J solar cells under1-MeV electron irradiation

In this work the degradation effects of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) and Ga_(0.42)In_(0.58)As(0.7 eV) sub-cells for IMM4J solar cells are investigated after 1-MeV electron irradiation by using spectral response and photoluminescence(PL) signal amplitude analysis, as well as electrical property measurements. The results show that, compared with the electrical properties of traditional single junction(SJ) GaAs(1.41 eV) solar cell, the electrical properties(such as Isc, Voc, and Pmax)of the newly sub-cells degrade similarly as a function of log ?, where ? represents the electron fluence. It is found that the degradation of Voc is much more than that of Isc in the irradiated Ga_(0.42)In_(0.58)As(0.7 eV) cells due to the additional intrinsic layer, leading to more serious damage to the space charge region. However, of the three types of SJ cells with the gap widths of 0.7, 1.0, and 1.4 eV, the electric properties of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) cell decrease largest under each irradiation fluence. Analysis on the spectral response indicates that the Jsc of the Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As(1.0 eV) cell also shows the most severe damage. The PL amplitude measurements qualitatively confirm that the degradation of the effective minority carrier life-time(τeff) in the SJ Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As cells is more drastic than that of SJ GaAs cells during the irradiation. Thus,the output current of Ga_(0.7)In_(0.3)As sub-cell should be controlled in the irradiated IMM4J cells.     

质子辐射损伤对单结GaAs/Ge太阳电池暗特性参数的影响

基于p-n结暗特性双指数模型,对经质子辐射后的单结GaAs/Ge太阳电池的暗特性I-V曲线进行数值拟合,确定了单结GaAs/Ge太阳电池在辐射前后的四个暗特性特征参数,即串联电阻R_s、并联电阻R_(sh)、扩散电流I_(s1)和复合电流I_(s2).研究结果表明,质子辐射后单结GaAs/Ge太阳电池的R_s,R_(sh),I_(s1)和I_(s2)四个暗特性参数均发生显著变化.经低能质子辐射后,单结GaAs/Ge太阳电池的R_(sh)随位移损伤剂量的增加而减小,而R_s,I_(s1)和I_(s2)三个参数随位移损伤剂量的增加而增大,其中串联电阻随位移损伤剂量线性增加而与辐射质子能量无关.理论分析表明,上述参数的变化与质子辐射损伤区域分布有关.基区和发射区的损伤主要引起单结电池串联电阻和扩散电流的增加;结区的损伤导致并联电阻减小,复合电流增大.