Teflon bonding of solar cell assemblies using Pilkington CMZ and CMG coverglasses -- Now a production process

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:191187

Kitchen, C A; Dollery, A A; Mullaney, K ^[1]; Bogus, K ^[2]

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1. Pilkington Space Technology, Bodelwyddan (United Kingdom)
2. European Space Technology Centre, Noordwijk (Netherlands)

Attempts at Teflon bonding have always failed due to the mismatch of thermal coefficients of expansion. With the advent of the Pilkington CMZ and CMG coverglasses where the coefficients have been exactly matched to the solar cell material, the bonding process has been developed so that the advantages and disadvantages of Teflon Bonding may be evaluated for use in the space environment. One important advantage is that Teflon lends itself to the incorporation of a device which limits the build up of electrical potential on the coverglass. Concepts for ESD protection and automated production assembly processes are given along with flight test results and environmental test programs.

• OSTI ID: 191187
• Report Number(s): CONF-941203-; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X; TRN: IM9610%%188
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 5-9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 IEEE first world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion: Conference record of the twenty-fourth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference -- 1994. Volume 2; PB: 1268 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
SATELLITES
FABRICATION
PRODUCTION