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Flexible, fep-teflon covered solar cell module development
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cannady, M. D. Rauschenbach, H. S. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | Techniques and equipment were developed for the large scale, low-cost fabrication of lightweight, roll-up and fold-up, FEP-Teflon encapsulated solar cell modules. Modules were fabricated by interconnecting solderless single-crystal silicon solar cells and heat laminating them at approximately 300 C between layers of optically clear FEP and to a loadbearing Kapton substrate sheet. Modules were fabricated from both conventional and wraparound contact solar cells. A heat seal technique was developed for mechanically interconnecting modules into an array. The electrical interconnections for both roll-up and fold-up arrays were also developed. The use of parallel-gap resistance welding, ultrasonic bonding, and thermocompression bonding processes for attaching interconnects to solar cells were investigated. Parallel-gap welding was found to be best suited for interconnecting the solderless solar cells into modules. Details of the fabrication equipment, fabrication processes, module and interconnect designs, environmental test equipment, and test results are presented. |
| File Size | 153903159 |
| Page Count | 160 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19770004588 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5q863f4q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-10-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Solar Cells Thermodynamics Solar Arrays Modules Silicon Encapsulating Teflon Trademark Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
