The fabrication of silicon solar cells on the moon using in-situ resources

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ignatiev, Alex ^a   Freundlich, Alex ^a   Duke, Michael B ^b   Rosenberg, Sanders D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c In Space Propulsion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FABRICATION; FILM GROWTH; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MOON; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM; IN-SITU RESOURCES; LONG-TERM POTENTIAL; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; THIN FILM GROWTH TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILM SILICON; VACUUM ENVIRONMENT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85088185616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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