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Non-solar photovoltaics for small space missions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Clark, Eric B. Murbach, Marcus S. Piszazor, Michael F. Myers, Matthew G. Landis, Geoffrey A. Bailey, Sheila G. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | NASA has missions planned to targets in the solar system ranging from the permanently shadowed craters of Mercury to the icy reaches of the Kuiper belt and beyond. In 2011, the NASA Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) requested the NASA Ames and Glenn Research Centers to assess the potential of small power supplies based on direct conversion of energy from radioisotope sources for future NASA missions; and in particular to assess whether alphavoltaic and betavoltaic power sources could be of potential benefit in small missions, as well as examining the use of miniaturized thermophotovoltaic power supplies. This paper summarizes the results of that assessment. |
| File Size | 1693910 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150009918 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t55f3t947 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-06-03 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Space Missions Photovoltaic Cells Alpha Particles Beta Particles Spacecraft Power Supplies Space Exploration Radioisotope Batteries Thermophotovoltaic Conversion Photovoltaic Conversion Technology Utilization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
