High-power, low-weight, flexible thin film photovoltaics for space application

用于太空应用的高功率、低重量、柔性薄膜光伏发电

• 批准号: EP/K019597/1
• 负责人: Stuart Irvine
• 金额: $ 42.29万
• 依托单位: Glyndwr University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK019597%2F1
• 关键词: power; low; weight; flexible; thin

The UK has a world class reputation for design and manufacture of space based technologies. A new National Space Academy has been launched this year to help boost the size and quality of the UK's science and engineering expertise. The proposal supports strongly The UK Space Directory, an organisation of eight groups representing and supporting the UK space community and including the Technology Strategy Board that state "the UK Space Industry has come together to propose an ambitious 20 year strategy to capture 10% of the global space market, £40 billion, by 2030 and in doing so create 100,000 UK jobs". The UK houses some of the leading companies in space applications such as; Inmarsat, Rolls Royce, Logica, Vega Space, Astrium, Qioptiq Space Technology and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited. The latter two companies strongly back the research detailed within this proposal and have both provided satements of support.This proposal seeks to offer an alternative PV technology for large area arrays and to be the first to report thin film cadmium telluride (CdTe) deposited directly onto toughened cerium-doped microsheet glass (CMG), explicitly targeting a significant increase in specific power by a step-change reduction of system weight. The Qioptiq Space Technology CMG microsheet glass is optimised to match the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of gallium arsenide (GaAs) based space solar cells. With the CdTe CTE almost identical to that of GaAs the choice of CMG is ideal for the prevention of delamination under the severe thermal gradients to which space PV is exposed. This adventurous approach, using the CMG as both the radiation barrier and substrate, will be proven by characterisation of 5 x 5 cm2 deposited devices and finally scaled to 10 x 20 cm2 on the Centre for Solar Energy Research (CSER) pilot metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) system.This proposal has the content and vision to make a significant contribution to the UK's flourishing space industry. Key to the success of the project will be the dissemination and pathways to impact of the research outcomes; this will be ensured through regular reporting to and feedback from a steering group of potential exploiters-Industrial experts and through targeted press releases. This proposal offers UK research the chance to impact the space PV market either through licencing of the arising IP and more excitingly in the current economic climate through manufacture of the final product.

联合王国在设计和制造空间技术方面享有世界级的声誉。一个新的国家空间学院今年已经启动，以帮助提高英国科学和工程专业知识的规模和质量。该提案强烈支持英国航天目录，这是一个由八个代表和支持英国航天界的团体组成的组织，其中包括技术战略委员会，该委员会表示“英国航天工业已经走到一起，提出了一项雄心勃勃的20年战略，到2030年占据全球航天市场的10%，400亿英镑，并在此过程中创造10万个英国就业机会”。英国拥有一些领先的空间应用公司，如Inmarsat，劳斯莱斯，Logica，Vega Space，Astrium，Qioptiq Space Technology和Surrey Satellite Technology Limited。后两家公司强烈支持该提案中的详细研究，并都提供了大量的支持。该提案旨在为大面积阵列提供一种替代光伏技术，并首次报告将碲化镉（CdTe）薄膜直接沉积在钢化掺铈微片玻璃（CMG）上，明确目标是通过逐步减少系统重量来显着提高比功率。Qioptiq空间技术CMG微片玻璃经过优化，可与砷化镓（GaAs）基空间太阳能电池的热膨胀系数（CTE）相匹配。由于CdTe的CTE几乎与GaAs相同，因此选择CMG是防止空间PV暴露在严重热梯度下分层的理想选择。这种冒险的方法，使用CMG作为辐射屏障和衬底，将通过表征5 × 5平方厘米的沉积器件来证明，并最终在太阳能研究中心（CSER）的试验金属有机化学气相沉积（MOCVD）系统上扩大到10 × 20平方厘米。该项目成功的关键将是研究成果的传播和影响途径;这将通过向潜在开发者-工业专家指导小组定期报告和反馈以及通过有针对性的新闻稿来确保。该提案为英国研究提供了一个机会，可以通过对所产生的知识产权进行许可来影响空间光伏市场，或者在当前的经济环境下通过制造最终产品来影响空间光伏市场。

项目成果

Lightweight and low-cost thin film photovoltaics for large area extra-terrestrial applications

用于大面积地外应用的轻质低成本薄膜光伏发电

• DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2014.0368
• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: IET Renewable Power Generation
• 影响因子: 2.6
• 作者: Lamb D

Characterization of MOCVD Thin-Film CdTe Photovoltaics on Space-Qualified Cover Glass

空间级盖玻片上 MOCVD 薄膜 CdTe 光伏器件的表征

• DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2016.2520199
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Lamb D

IAC-22-C3.3.8 Six years of spaceflight results from the AlSat-1N Thin-Film Solar Cell (TFSC) experiment

• DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.08.034
• 发表时间: 2023-08
• 期刊: Acta Astronautica
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: C. Underwood;D. Lamb;Stuart Irvine;Simran Mardhani;Abdelmadjid Lassakeur

Proton irradiation of CdTe thin film photovoltaics deposited on cerium-doped space glass

沉积在掺铈太空玻璃上的 CdTe 薄膜光伏电池的质子辐照

• DOI: 10.1002/pip.2923
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Research and Applications
• 作者: Lamb D

Effect of bending test on the performance of CdTe solar cells on flexible ultra-thin glass produced by MOCVD

• DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110552
• 发表时间: 2020-07
• 期刊: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
• 影响因子: 6.9
• 作者: A. Teloeken;D. Lamb;T. Dunlop;Stuart Irvine