Qualification test results for blue-red reflecting solar cell covers and other new products for the solar power market

Author

Beauchamp, W.T. ; McLean, Bob ; Larro, Mike

Author_Institution

OCLI, Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

2062

Abstract

The use of GaAs as a primary cell type in production space photovoltaic power applications and the concern about the effects of space charging on spacecraft has spurred the development of new solar cell cover products. Included in these products are covers, using innovative optical design methodologies, that significantly reduce the solar absorptance for a cell array; matched expansion coefficient glasses for use as the substrate material for covers; and conductive covers and thermal control mirrors for space charge bleed-off. This paper discusses the space environmental test results for these new products

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; gallium arsenide; light reflection; mirrors; optical glass; photovoltaic power systems; semiconductor device testing; silicon; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; GaAs; blue-red reflecting solar cell covers; conductive covers; innovative optical design; matched expansion coefficient glasses; qualification test; solar absorptance reduction; solar power market; space charge bleed-off; space environmental test; substrate material; thermal control mirrors; Aircraft manufacture; Gallium arsenide; Optical arrays; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Qualifications; Solar power generation; Space charge; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520776

Filename

520776