Recent advances in solar cell technology

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 835-841

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Bailey, Sheila G ^a   Piszczor Jr , Michael F ^a,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA Lewis Research Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

ALPHAVOLTAICS; BETAVOLTAICS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAICS INDUSTRY; RADIATION TOLERANT CELLS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; SPACE POWER SYSTEMS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN FILM ARRAYS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030243311     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.24111     Document Type: Article

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