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Planar multijunction high voltage solar cells
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Evans Jr., J. C. Goradia, C. Chai, A. T. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | Technical considerations, preliminary results, and fabrication details are discussed for a family of high-voltage planar multi-junction (PMJ) solar cells which combine the attractive features of planar cells with conventional or interdigitated back contacts and the vertical multijunction (VMJ) solar cell. The PMJ solar cell is internally divided into many voltage-generating regions, called unit cells, which are internally connected in series. The key to obtaining reasonable performance from this device was the separation of top surface field regions over each active unit cell. Using existing solar cell fabricating methods, output voltages in excess of 20 volts per linear centimeter are possible. Analysis of the new device is complex, and numerous geometries are being studied which should provide substantial benefits in both normal sunlight usage as well as with concentrators. |
| File Size | 581208 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800008654 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t08w8750d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solid-state Physics Solar Cells Connectors Fabrication Integrated Circuits Doped Crystals Wafers Semiconductor Junctions Planar Structures High Voltages Coatings Substrates Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
