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Cds thin film solar cells for terrestrial power
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Shirland, F. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | The development of very low cost long lived Cu2S/CdS thin film solar cells for large scale energy conversion is reported. Excellent evaporated metal grid patterns were obtained using a specially designed aperture mask. Vacuum evaporated gold and copper grids of 50 lines per inch and 1 micron thickness were adequate electrically for the fine mesh contacting grid. Real time roof top sunlight exposure tests of encapsulated CdS cells showed no loss in output after 5 months. Accelerated life testing of encapsulated cells showed no loss of output power after 6 months of 12 hour dark-12 hour AMI illumination cycles at 40 C, 60 C, 80 C and 100 C temperatures. However, the cells changed their basic parameters, such as series and shunt resistance and junction capacitance. |
| File Size | 2241906 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760005403 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9k40k59j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-07-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Thin Films Solar Cells Performance Tests Copper Sulfides Production Engineering Cadmium Sulfides Encapsulating Energy Conversion Efficiency Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |