Photovoltaics for Space
eBook - ePub

Photovoltaics for Space

Key Issues, Missions and Alternative Technologies

  1. 534 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Photovoltaics for Space

Key Issues, Missions and Alternative Technologies

About this book

PV has traditionally been used for electric power in space. Solar panels on spacecraft are usually the sole source of power to run the sensors, active heating and cooling, and communications. Photovoltaics for Space: Key Issues, Missions and Alternative Technologies provides an overview of the challenges to efficiently produce solar power in near-Earth space and beyond: the materials and device architectures that have been developed to surmount these environmental and mission-specific barriers. The book is organized in four sections consisting of detailed introductory and background content as well as a collection of in-depth space environment, materials processing, technology, and mission overviews by international experts. This book will detail how to design and optimize a space power system's performance for power-to-weight ratio, effectiveness at end of operational life (EOL) compared to beginning of operational life (BOL), and specific mission objectives and goals. This book outlines the knowledge required for practitioners and advanced students interested in learning about the background, materials, devices, environmental challenges, missions, and future for photovoltaics for space exploration. - Provides an update to state-of-the-art and emerging solar cell technologies - Features comprehensive coverage of solar cells for space exploration and materials/device technology options available - Explains the extreme conditions and mission challenges to overcome when using photovoltaics in space

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Yes, you can access Photovoltaics for Space by Sheila G. Bailey,Aloysius F. Hepp,Dale Ferguson,Ryne P. Raffaelle,Steven M. Durbin,Sheila Bailey,Ryne Raffaelle,Steven Durbin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Aeronautic & Astronautic Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Photovoltaics for Spacer
  2. Cover
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of contributors
  7. Biographies
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter one An introduction to space photovoltaics
  10. Chapter two Space solar arrays and spacecraft charging
  11. Chapter three Air mass zero (AM0) studies and solar cell calibration
  12. Chapter four Space applications of III-V single- and multijunction solar cells
  13. Chapter Five Perovskite solar cells
  14. Chapter Six Photovoltaics and nuclear energy conversion for space power
  15. Chapter Seven Perovskite solar cells on the horizon for space power systems
  16. Chapter Eight Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion in space
  17. Chapter Nine Thin-film materials for space power applications
  18. Chapter ten Inverted lattice-matched GaInP/GaAs/GaInNAsSb triple-junction solar cells
  19. Chapter Eleven Summary of the design principles of betavoltaics and space applications
  20. Chapter Twelve Solar array designs for deep space science missions
  21. Chapter Thirteen Lunar science based on Apollo solar cell measurements
  22. Chapter fourteen Space photovoltaics for extreme high-temperature missions
  23. Chapter fifteen Space photovoltaic concentrators for outer planet and near-Sun missions using ultralight Fresnel lenses
  24. Chapter Sixteen Technological relevance and photovoltaic production potential of high-quality silica deposits on Mars
  25. Chapter Seventeen Space nuclear power
  26. Index