The cell design and manufacturing process for the high efficiency thin silicon space solar cells (call NRS/LBSF cell) were finalized and their characteristics were qualified. The 100 /spl mu/n NRS/LBSF cells showed efficiencies of maximum 18.5% and average 18.0%. After electron irradiation of 1E+15e/cm/sup 2/, the NRS/LBSF cell showed about 1.2 times higher output power than the conventional 200 /spl mu/m BSR cell.
Hidetoshi WashioT. KatsuY. TonomuraT. HisamatsuTatsuo SagaToshihiko BabaAkio SuzukiY. YamamotoSumio Matsuda
M. UesugiTakuma NoguchiT. KatsuY. TonomuraT. HisamatsuT. SagaAkio Suzuki
Akira UsamiShin-ichiro IshiharaMasahide Sugano