Gaas Solar Panel

The first known operational use of gaas solar cells in space was for the venera 3 mission launched in 1965.

Gaas solar panel.

Gallium arsenide solar cells can have roughly 25 efficiency rating with only one junction. Unlike traditional solar panels gallium arsenide thin film solar cells have the advantages of flexibility flexibility light weight adjustable color and shape plasticity. Cubesat gaas solar panel nanoavionics gaas triple junction gainp gainas ge epitaxial structure solar arrays are made of high performance triple junction space grade solar cells that enable missions with high power requirements. These advantages are important factors that can be applied to automotive design and manufacturing.

In a recent article in the magazine electronic news gallium arsenide was tested on a germanium substrate. Gallium arsenide gaas is the highest performance solar material currently available boasting conversion efficiencies in excess of 40 nearly double those of crystalline silicon. Instead of being constructed from solid silicon wafers like mono or poly crystalline solar panels amorphous panels are made by depositing non crystalline silicon on a substrate like glass plastic or metal one layer of silicon on an amorphous solar panel can be as thin. This means that it can produce nearly twice as much power in a given surface area.