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Heteroepitaxial inp, and ultrathin, directly glassed, gaas 3-5 solar cells
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hardingham, C. M. Cross, T. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1993 |
| Description | The commercial application of Indium Phosphide solar cells in practical space missions is crucially dependent upon achieving a major cost reduction which could be offered by heteroepitaxy on cheaper, more rugged substrates. Furthermore, significant mass reduction, compatibility with mechanically stacked multijunction cells, and elimination of the current loss through glue discoloration, is possible in III-V solar cells by the development of ultrathin, directly glassed cells. The progress of a UK collaborative program to develop high efficiency, homojunction InP solar cells, grown by MOCVD on Si substrates, is described. Results of homoepitaxial cells (is greater than 17 percent 1 Sun AM0) are presented, together with progress in achieving low dislocation density heteroepitaxy. Also, progress in a UK program to develop ultrathin directly-glassed GaAs cells is described. Ultrathin (5 micron) GaAs cells, with 1 Sun AM0 efficiencies up to 19.1 percent, are presented, together with progress in achieving a direct (adhesive-less) bond between the cell and coverglass. Consequential development to, for example, cell grids, are also discussed. |
| File Size | 295675 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940006934 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7tn24p60 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1993-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solid-state Physics Solar Cells Gallium Arsenides Electron Irradiation Epitaxy Indium Phosphides Cost Reduction Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition Silicon Homojunctions Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |