Robin, This thickness of coverslide stops the low-energy trapped protons of the Van Allen belts that would cut the cell efficiency by ~30% in not too many months.
Andrew On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 6:38 PM Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > ESA apparently place a 0.1 mm layer of glass before their solar cells, to > protect them from radiation. This gives them a > projected lifetime of 15 years according to > > https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Inside_a_solar_cell > > Cloud storage:- > > Unsafe, Slow, Expensive > > ...pick any three. > >
