Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
Ultralight and ultrathin, flexible, rollup monolithic PV modules have been developed consisting of multijunction, amorphous silicon alloys for either terrestrial or aerospace applications. The rate of progress in increasing conversion efficiency of stable multijunction and multigap PV cells indicates that arrays of these modules can be available for NASA's high power systems in the 1990's. Because of the extremely light module weight and the highly automated process of manufacture, the monolithic a-Si alloy arrays are expected to be strongly competitive with other systems for use in NASA's space station or in other large aerospace applications.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center, Space Photovoltaic Research and Technology 1986. High Efficiency, Space Environment and Array Technology; p 99-110
Format:
application/pdf
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