Thin-film photovoltaic solar array parametric assessment

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 670-680

  Hoffman, David J ^a   Kerslake, Thomas W ^a   Hepp, Aioysius F ^a   Jacobs, Mark K ^b   Ponnusamy, Deva ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC   (United States)

^c Spectrum Astro Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LOW TEMPERATURE APPROACHES; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

ARRAY DESIGN ASSESSMENT MODEL; PARAMETRIC APPROACH; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ARRAY;

EID: 0033712681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-2919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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