DocumentCode
903805
Title
Performance of cadmium sulfide thin film solar cells in a space environment
Author
Stanley, A.G.
Volume
57
Issue
4
fYear
1969
fDate
4/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
692
Lastpage
694
Abstract
Cadmium sulfide thin film solar cells have been subjected to extended thermal cycling tests in vacuum to simulate the conditions of an earth orbiting satellite. When cycled under load, the solar cells exhibit a slow loss of output. Several possible causes of this loss are suggested.
Keywords
Cadmium compounds; Circuit testing; Earth; Force measurement; Photovoltaic cells; Piecewise linear techniques; Polynomials; Sun; Temperature; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1969.7027
Filename
1448957
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