Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Severns, J.G.
• Hobbs, R.M.
• Elliot, N.P.
• Towsley, R.H.
• Conway, R.W.
• Virshup, G.F.

Titel

LIPS III-a solar cell test bed in space

Ist Teil von

• Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1988, p.801-807 vol.2

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

1988

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The operation of the LIPS III spacecraft and the experiments placed aboard it are described. The purpose of the satellite is to provide a platform for long-term testing of innovative solar cells and concentrator systems. In all, 140 distinct I-V curves are measured from cells mounted on 30 panels provided by 18 different laboratories. Included are cells of GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAs, silicon (crystalline and amorphous), InP and CuInSe/sub 2/. With the exception of one, all of the experiments aboard LIPS III are photovoltaic in nature. Two indium phosphide and three thin-film cell experiments are aboard LIPS III. Three concentrator concepts included among the LIPS III experiments are also briefly reviewed. The problems encountered are summarized.< >