Rugged, thin GaAs solar cell development. Interim report, November 1985-June 1987

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6916583

Wagner, K

This report describes the phase II efforts in developing high-efficiency GaAs-ON-Ge solar cells for enhanced survivability, ruggedness, and reduced weight over conventional devices. This work emphasizes efforts to improve the cell performance from phase I, initial testing of the cells, and fabrication of a module for space-flight testing. The specific goals for the program are: An Air Mass Zero (AM0) conversion efficiency of 18% for beginning-of-life (BOL) at 27 + or - 2 C; An AM0 conversion efficiency of 13.5% at 27 + or - 2 C after exposure to 5 x 10/sup 15/ (MeV) electrons/sq.cm.; A cell weight not to exceed 0.05 grams per square centimeter of cell area.

• Research Organization: Applied Solar Energy Corp., City of Industry, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6916583
• Report Number(s): AD-A-198533/2/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLIGHT TESTING
GALLIUM ARSENIDE SOLAR CELLS
GERMANIUM
METALS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PROGRESS REPORT
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SPACE FLIGHT
SUBSTRATES
TESTING
WEIGHT