PHOTOEMISSIVE ENERGY CONVERSION APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM
Abstract
THE FEASIBILITY WAS STUDIED OF MAKING A CLOSESPACED, GLASS-SANDWICH PHOTOEMISSIVE SOLAR POWER CONVERTER. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE OPERABLE SEALED-OFF CONVERTERS IN THE LABORATORY DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF SEALING WITHIN A VACUUM SYSTEM AND THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION OF THE DEVICE GIVING A LARGE VALUE OF SURFACE-TOVOLUME RATIO. THE REQUIREMENT OF A LOW WORKFUNCTION SURVACE FOR THE ANODE WAS VERIFIED BY A TEST INVOLVING CHANGING THE INTERELECTRODE SPACING OF A CONVERTER IN SITU WITHIN THE PROCESSING SYSTEM. CONVERTER ACTION WAS OBTAINED WITH A SPACING OVER AN INCH, BUT DECREASED WITH SPACING. IT WAS NOTED THAT AT CLOSER SPACINGS THE OUTPUT POWER INCREASES AND THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE DECREASES. CONSIDERATION OF THE SUBSEQUENT INVENTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE CADMIUM SULPHIDE SOLAR POWER CONVERTER AT RELATIVELYHIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES AND IN A THIN, FLEXIBLE, POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM FORM LEADS TO THE CONCLUSTION THAT THE PHOTOEMISSIVE CONVERTER IS NO LONGER COMPETITIVE
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0294000
Entities
People
- A.s. Jensen
- E.f. Wood
- Igor Limansky
Organizations
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation