Multi-100 kW: Planar low cost solar array development
Abstract
The development of a 100 kW planar low cost solar array is presented. Tasks are defined, objectives are stated, and test results are given. A study of alternate contact configuration concluded that gridded back contact cells sharply reduced solar absorptance, that copper contacts will require a developmental program before interface can be achieved, and that gridded back contact cells using Ti-Pd-Ag as the contact materials appear to be the most cost-effective design.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8231348.
- Keywords:
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- Planar Structures;
- Solar Arrays;
- Absorptance;
- Copper;
- Cost Estimates;
- Flow Charts;
- Functional Design Specifications;
- Laminates;
- Metallizing;
- Production Planning;
- Schedules;
- Silicon Films;
- Spectral Reflectance;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles