Example of a prototype lightweight solar array and the three promising technologies it incorporates: Copper Indium DiSelenide (CIS) thin-film photovoltaics, smart mechanisms employing shape memory, and multifunctional structures

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Marshall, Craig H ^a   Carpenter, Bernie F ^a   Barnett, David M ^a   Gillespie, Timothy J ^a   Draper, Jerry L ^a   Noufi, R ^b   Contreras, M ^b   Keane, J ^b  

^a Lockheed Martin Astronautics   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIME; NASA; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICA; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THIN FILMS;

COMPOSITIONAL UNIFORMITY; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCIES; LOCKHEED MARTIN ASTRONAUTICS; MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY DEVICES; THERMAL EXPANSION MISMATCH;

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EID: 85072464606     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-2550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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