Accession Number:
AD0707869
Title:
IMPROVEMENTS IN CdS THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS.
Descriptive Note:
Final technical rept. 1 Nov 67-1 Nov 69,
Corporate Author:
CLEVITE CORP CLEVELAND OHIO ELECTRONIC RESEARCH DIV
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Report Date:
1970-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
82.0
Abstract:
The report is concerned with two areas in the cadmium sulfide solar cell development program 1 a program of flight panel construction for satellite and balloon testing of CdS solar cells and 2 a developmental effort for improving the stability and efficiency of the CdS solar cell. Experimental CdS solar cells panels are being tested on the OV1-13 and OV1-17 satellite experiments. The developmental effort was concentrated into the following areas 1 contact resistance measurements made on the CdS current collector grid adhesive, 2 an optimization of the CdS cell for good low light level performance, 3 an optimization of the Cu25 barrier formation process and 4 an investigation of copper nodules found on CdS cells that had been degraded in the open circuit voltage mode.
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Subject Categories:
- Electric Power Production and Distribution
- Solid State Physics