High bandgap solar cells are to be preferred for near-Sun, high operating-temperature environments, such as will be encountered by a Mercury orbiter or the Solar Probe mission. A GaInP solar cell is well suited for elevated temperature performance because it is available and has a bandgap high enough to produce reasonable performance at temperatures above 400 °C. The cell is currently commercially available as the top cell of a multi-junction solar cell. A cell contact metallization needs to be developed that can operate without degradation at high temperature.
High-bandgap solar cells for near-sun missions
Space technology and applications international forum -1999 ; 1999 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 458 , 1 ; 616-620
1999-01-22
5 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
High-Bandgap Solar Cells for Near-Sun Missions
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