Abstract
In this paper numerical simulation has been used to predict the effect of the thickness and aluminium (Al) mole fraction of an AlGaAs layer, used as a window for a p +–n–n + GaAs solar cell under AM0 illumination and exposed to 1 MeV electron irradiation. Such solar cells are used in satellites and undergo severe degradation in their performance due to induced structural defects. The irradiation-induced defects are modelled as energy levels in the energy gap of GaAs. To predict this effect, the spectral response is evaluated for different electron irradiation fluences for two types of cells. In the first a narrow Al 0.31Ga 0.69As window is a small part of the p + layer while in the second type the whole window is an Al x Ga 1− x As layer with a gradual Al mole fraction. The obtained results show that the Al x Ga 1− x As window with a gradual Al mole fraction improves the resistance of the solar cell to electron irradiation especially in the short wavelengths range.
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