Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
Twelve solar cell experiments were on the Naval Research Laboratory NTS-1 satellite launched on 14 July 1974, into a 13,260 km circular orbit at an inclination of 125 deg. The experiment comprises: 2 ohm-cm n/p, lithium-diffused p/n, violet n/p, p(+) back surface field, and ultra-thin wrap around contact cells. The short-circuit current of the experiments ranged from 2 to 12 percent higher in space than under solar simulators. During the 5 year life of the satellite, the experiments will be exposed to radiation equivalent to 2 x 10 to the 15th power 1-MeV electron cm/2 and to nearly 5500 thermal cycles.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Proc. of the Sixth Ann. Precise Time and Time Internal (PTTI) Planning Meeting; p 503-511
Format:
application/pdf
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