The many advantages of thin-film solar cells, namely flexibility, high radiation resistance, low mass, and low cost production, will go untapped until space environmental effects on them are well understood, which requires on-orbit testing. In response to the need to perform on-orbit testing of thin-film solar cells, the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is preparing two flight experiments. The thin-film solar cell flight experiment on the AFRL Roadrunner Mission will consist of two technologies, amorphous silicon (a-Si) and Copper Indium Gallium di-Selenide (CIGS), each producing roughly 60 W of power. The flight is planned for mid-2005 and will be in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The AFRL Deployable Structures Experiment (DSX) will host a significantly larger thin-film solar cell experiment (4.5 kW) and will fly in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) in 2009. The main objectives of both flight experiments are to characterize on-orbit thin-film solar cell performance, enabling the creation of on-orbit performance models and successful transition to operational use.


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    Titel :

    AFRL Thin Film Solar Cell Development and Upcoming Flight Experiments


    Beteiligte:
    Granata, J.E. (Autor:in) / Hausgen, P.E. (Autor:in) / Senft, D. (Autor:in) / Tlomak, P. (Autor:in) / Merrill, J. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    682882 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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