Radiation susceptibility of supercapacitors and prospects for their space applications

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Space Energy, Power and Propulsion
1Klymenko, Yu.O, 1Semeniv, OV, Bezpalova, AV, 1Prutsko, Yu.V, 2Maletin, Yu.A, 2Stryzhakova, NG, 2Zelinskyi, SA, 2Tychyna, SO, 2Drobnyi, DM, 3Neymash, VB, 3Poroshin, VN, 3Povarchuk, VYu.
1Space Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
3Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2013, 19 ;(3):47–60
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2013.03.047
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The prospects for the use of supercapacitors as elements of a satellite energy supply system are considered. A series of laboratory experiments to study the influence of gamma and electron irradiations on the supercapacitor performance is carried out. It is found that the total equivalent radiation dose that degrades the main technical characteristics of the supercapacitors can be accumulated in the Earth’s orbits during the time that is much longer than the satellite lifetime. The electrolyte is shown to be the most sensitive supercapacitor element to ionizing radiation.
Keywords: ionizing radiation, satellite energy supply system, supercapacitors
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