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Rollable Lightweight Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell modules for Space Applications

Wenjie Zhao1, Zhengxin Liu1, 2, Jianhua Shi1, 2, Anjun Han1, 2, Junlin Du1, 2, Wenzhu Liu1, 2, Fanying Meng1, Liping Zhang1, Qiang Shi1, Chen Qiu1, Yue Yuan1, Zengfeng Di1.

1National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and, Shanghai, China.26T Solar Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China

Abstract


Crystalline silicon solar cells modules have attracted increasing interests for the booming commercial low and middle orbit constellations. In this paper, silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell modules/arrays with lightweight flexible packaging material are prepared on rollable flexible thin p-type SHJ solar cells. The modules are prepared using  traditional module-integrated lamination processes to reduce costs. The SHJ solar cell modules exhibit a rolling manner, the least critical bending radius is less than 5 cm, which enables Roll-Out Solar Arrays (ROSA), due to the edge smoothing technology of solar cells and lightweight flexible encapsulation materials. The conversion efficiency of soalr cell moduloes is over 21% at AM0 illumination. The specially designed stress-relief structure allows the arrays to operate stably 1000 times under ±100℃ temperature shocks. The ultraviolet and atomic oxygen resistance of SHJ solar cell modules is characterized.

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