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| Title: | Multijunction solar cell technology for Mars surface applications |
| Authors: | Stella, Paul M.
Mardesich, Nick
Ewell, Richard C.
Mueller, Robert L.
Endicter, Scott
Aiken, Daniel
Edmondson, Kenneth
Fetze, Chris |
| Keywords: | solar cells
subcells
Mars surface
Mars solar cell |
| Issue Date: | 7-May-2006 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006. |
| Citation: | IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006. |
| Abstract: | Solar cells used for Mars surface applications have been commercial space qualified AM0 optimized devices. Due to the Martian atmosphere, these cells are not optimized for the Mars surface and as a result operate at a reduced efficiency. A multi-year program, MOST (Mars Optimized Solar Cell Technology), managed by JPL and funded by NASA Code S, was initiated in 2004, to develop tools to modify commercial AM0 cells for the Mars surface solar spectrum and to fabricate Mars optimized devices for verification. This effort required defining the surface incident spectrum, developing an appropriate laboratory solar simulator measurement capability, and to develop and test commercial cells modified for the Mars surface spectrum. This paper discusses the program, including results for the initial modified cells. Simulated Mars surface measurements of MER cells and Phoenix Lander cells (2007 launch) are provided to characterize the performance loss for those missions. In addition, the performance of the MER rover solar arrays is updated to reflect their more than two (2) year operation. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/41243 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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