Space Radiation Effect on Si Solar Cells

High energy charged particles are trapped by geomagnetic field in the region named Van Allen Belt. These particles can move to low altitude along magnetic field and threaten even low altitude spacecraft. Space Radiation can cause equipment failures and on occasions can even destroy operations of sat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of astronomy and space sciences 2008-12, Vol.25 (4), p.435-444
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Jae-Jin, Kwak, Young-Sil, Hwang, Jung-A, Bong, Su-Chang, Cho, Kyung-Seok, Jeong, Seong-In, Kim, Kyung-Hee, Choi, Han-Woo, Han, Young-Hwan, Choi, Yong-Woon, Seong, Baek-Il
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Zusammenfassung:High energy charged particles are trapped by geomagnetic field in the region named Van Allen Belt. These particles can move to low altitude along magnetic field and threaten even low altitude spacecraft. Space Radiation can cause equipment failures and on occasions can even destroy operations of satellites in orbit. Sun sensors aboard Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT-1) was designed to detect sun light with silicon solar cells which performance was degraded during satellite operation. In this study, we try to identify which particle contribute to the solar cell degradation with ground based radiation facilities. We measured the short circuit current after bombarding electrons and protons on the solar cells same as STSAT-1 sun sensors. Also we estimated particle flux on the STSAT-1 orbit with analyzing NOAA POES particle data. Our result clearly shows STSAT-1 solar cell degradation was caused by energetic protons which energy is about 700 keV to 1.5 MeV. Our result can be applied to estimate solar cell conditions of other satellites.
ISSN:2093-5587
2093-1409
DOI:10.5140/JASS.2008.25.4.435