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Article: Recent studies by T. Okumura and co-authors add new data to spacecraft and rockets findings.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, "The boundary part of dielectric material, conductive material, and space, known as the triple junction, causes electrostatic discharge. Because the triple junction does not exist on the Cu (In, Ga) Se-2 solar cell surface, it should be free of electrostatic discharge."
"Electrostatic discharge tests on Cut (In, Ga) Se-2 were performed in a vacuum chamber which simulated the plasma environment in low Earth orbit and the high-energy electron environment in geostationary orbit. Contrary to the theoretical expectations, electrostatic discharge occurred on the surface or Cu (In, Ga) Se-2 ...