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Potential high efficiency solar cells: Applications from space photovoltaic researchNASA involvement in photovoltaic energy conversion research development and applications spans over two decades of continuous progress. Solar cell research and development programs conducted by the Lewis Research Center's Photovoltaic Branch have produced a sound technology base not only for the space program, but for terrestrial applications as well. The fundamental goals which have guided the NASA photovoltaic program are to improve the efficiency and lifetime, and to reduce the mass and cost of photovoltaic energy conversion devices and arrays for use in space. The major efforts in the current Lewis program are on high efficiency, single crystal GaAs planar and concentrator cells, radiation hard InP cells, and superlattice solar cells. A brief historical perspective of accomplishments in high efficiency space solar cells will be given, and current work in all of the above categories will be described. The applicability of space cell research and technology to terrestrial photovoltaics will be discussed.
Document ID
19860023155
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Flood, D. J.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:88832
E-3194
NASA-TM-88832
Meeting Information
Meeting: Winter Annual Meeting of the American Inst. of Chemical Engineers
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: November 2, 1986
End Date: November 7, 1986
Accession Number
86N32627
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 506-41-11
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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