Base Doping Optimization for Radiation-Hard Si, GaAs. and InP Solar Cells
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This paper shows that the nature of radiation-induced point defects and dopant interactions can cause a shift in the optimum base doping concentration for terrestrial and space solar cells. The base doping concentration has been optimized for high-efficiency Si, GaAs, and InP solar cells before and after electron irradiation. A combination of detailed carrier lifetime calculations and cell modeling is used to show that the optimum doping concentration for irradiated cells increases for InP cells, decreases for Si cells, and remain essentially unchanged for GaAs cells compared to their counterpart terrestrial cells. The optimum base doping for Si cells decreases from 8.94 x 1016 cm -3 to ~6.6 x 1014 cm-1 after 1-MeV electron irradiation. In the case of GaAs, the optimum base doping concentration remains at ~2 x 1017 cm -3 for both irradiated and unirradiated cells. In contrast to Si and GaAs cells, the InP base doping needs to be increased in the range of 2–6 x 1017 cm-3 from 2 x 1017 cm-3 for radiation fluences in the range of 1015 to 1016 cm-2 in order to achieve highest efficiency after irradiation. © 1992 IEEE
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Augustine, G; Rohatgi, A; Jokerst, NM
Published Date
- January 1, 1992
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 39 / 10
Start / End Page
- 2395 - 2400
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1557-9646
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0018-9383
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1109/16.158814
Citation Source
- Scopus