High Efficiency Solar Panel. Phase II. Gallium Arsenide.

Abstract

The goals of the GaAs High Efficiency Solar Panel Program were to demonstrate experimentally that space cells with efficiencies of 16% or better can be consistently produced. In developing the cells, fabrication processes were to be streamlined and perfected so cells are readily producible in large quantities. All the goals of the program were met in that the process for growing cells with efficiencies greater than 16% was fully developed. Cells with efficiencies greater than 18% were produced. A comprehensive qualification test program was successfully conducted, and the GaAs cells are now fully space qualified. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101317

Entities

People

  • George J. Vendura
  • George Wolff
  • Sanjiv S. Kamath

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Antireflection Coatings
  • Assembly
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Charged Particles
  • Construction
  • Crystal Growth
  • Engineers
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Fabrication
  • Governments
  • Liquid Phase Epitaxy
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Semiconductors
  • Single Crystals
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites