Effective Annealing of Proton and Electron Radiation Damage in Ultra-Thin Silicon Solar Cells

The need for low-cost ultra-radiation hard PV technological solution is becoming extremely important with the ongoing space conquest adventure. In this article we focus on the novel feature of recently developed ultra-thin silicon solar cell - incorporate proprietary defect-engineered technology - to self-cure radiation damage, resulting in a minimal loss of efficiency over a cell operational lifetime.