Thin-film technology development for the PowerSphere

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 116, Issue 3 SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 265-272

  Simburger, Edward J ^a   Matsumoto, James H ^a   Giants, Thomas W ^a   Garcia III, Alexander ^a   Liu, Simon ^a   Rawal, Suraj P ^b   Perry, Alan R ^b   Marshall, Craig H ^b   Lin, John K ^c   Scarborough, Stephen E ^c   Curtis, Henry B ^d   Kerslake, Thomas W ^d   Peterson, Todd T ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY   (United States)

^c ILC DOVER   (United States)

^d NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflatable; Microsatellite; Thin film solar cells; UV rigidizable structures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; INTERFEROMETRY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INFLATABLE; MICROSATELLITES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; UV-RIGIDIZABLE STRUCTURES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 20144375827     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2004.09.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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