Research Summaries

Back Development of Advanced High Efficiency, Low Cost Flexible Solar Cells for USMC Expeditionary Energy Office

Fiscal Year 2014
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigator(s) Michael, Sherif N.
Sponsor Marine Corps Systems Command (Marine Corps)
Summary Most forward deployed warfighters are increasingly burdened by power requirements and battery inventory, solar cells have the capability to simultaneously lessen supply chains and significantly lighten loads for expeditionary units. Ideally, solar panels should be low-cost, grown on flexible substrates, lightweight and robust. One of the solar cell technologies that can meet these demands is one based on Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (better known, as CIGS). The "SPACES" units used by the Marines in Afghanistan are CIGS devices. In this research, investigation of the development of Multijunction CIGS solar cell in order to improve their performance is proposed. The research is based on the Novel modeling technique previously developed at the Naval Postgraduate School by the proposer. The overall efficiency of this new device is expected to exceed 24% with great potential for further improvements with higher output at a low manufacturing cost and light weight.
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