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Phase 2 of the array automated assembly task for the low cost silicon solar array project
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Petersen, R. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | Studies were conducted on several fundamental aspects of electroless nickel/solder metallization for silicon solar cells. A process, which precedes the electroless nickel plating with several steps of palladium plating and heat treatment, was compared directly with single step electroless nickel plating. Work was directed toward answering specific questions concerning the effect of silicon surface oxide on nickel plating, effects of thermal stresses on the metallization, sintering of nickel plated on silicon, and effects of exposure to the plating solution on solar cell characteristics. The process was found to be extremely lengthy and cumbersome, and was also found to produce a product virtually identical to that produced by single step electroless nickel plating, as shown by adhesion tests and electrical characteristics of cells under illumination. |
| File Size | 5257830 |
| Page Count | 109 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810004041 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6f23s04r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Solar Cells Metal Coatings Solar Arrays Photovoltaic Cells Low Cost Metallizing Nickel Silicon Arrays Electroplating Nickel Plate 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 |
