Design consideration for lunar based photovoltaic power systems

Hickman, John M.; Curtis, H. B.; Landis, Geoffrey A.

doi:10.1109/pvsc.1990.111815

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“…The inquisitiveness toward the search for life on other planets and looking for the possibility of space colonization drives the current space missions directed toward planetary exploration [1••]. Analysing the soil environment on the extraterrestrial surface, mineral harvesting [2], and energy harvesting [3] are some of the futuristic objectives for planetary exploration. Apart from planetary exploration, there are increasing interest in the exploration of small celestial bodies like asteroid and comets.…”

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Resiliency in Space Autonomy: a Review

et al. 2023

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Purpose of Review: The article provides an extensive overview on the resilient autonomy advances made across various missions, orbital or deep-space, that captures the current research approaches while investigating the possible future direction of resiliency in space autonomy. Recent Findings: In recent years, the need for several automated operations in space applications has been rising, that ranges from the following: spacecraft proximity operations, navigation and some station keeping applications, entry, decent and landing, planetary surface exploration, etc. Also, with the rise of miniaturization concepts in spacecraft, advanced missions with multiple spacecraft platforms introduce more complex behaviours and interactions within the agents, which drives the need for higher levels of autonomy and accommodating collaborative behaviour coupled with robustness to counter unforeseen uncertainties. This collective behaviour is now referred to as resiliency in autonomy. As space missions are getting more and more complex, for example applications where a platform physically interacts with non-cooperative space objects (debris) or planetary bodies coupled with hostile, unpredictable, and extreme environments, there is a rising need for resilient autonomy solutions. Summary Resilience with its key attributes of robustness, redundancy and resourcefulness will lead toward new and enhanced mission paradigms of space missions.

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Resiliency in Space Autonomy: a Review

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“…Emergent applications will require a far higher specific power and much reduced production cost technology. Examples of large area PV applications predicted for space are; space‐based solar power arrays [1], transmitting their power to earth‐based rectennas, Lunar and Martian bases [2] and solar electric propulsion [3] through the use of ion thrusters.…”

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

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Clayton

et al. 2015

IET Renewable Power Generation

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This work describes progress towards achieving a flexible, high specific power and low-cost photovoltaic (PV) for emerging large area space applications. The study reports the highest conversion efficiency of 15.3% AM1.5G for a CdTe device on ultra-thin cerium-doped cover glass, the standard protective material for extra-terrestrial PVs. The deposition technique used for all of the semiconductor layers comprising the device structure was atmospheric pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition. Improvements to the device structure over those previously reported led to a V oc of 788 mV and a relatively low series resistance of 3.3 Ω•cm 2. These were largely achieved by the introduction of a post-growth air anneal and a refinement of the front contact bus bars, respectively. The aluminiumdoped zinc oxide transparent conductive oxide, being the first layer applied to the cover glass, was subject to thermal shock cycling +80 to (−) 196°C to test the adhesion under the extreme conditions likely to be encountered for space application. Scotch Tape testing and sheet resistance measurements before and after the thermal shock testing demonstrated that the aluminium-doped zinc oxide remained well adhered to the cover glass and its electrical performance unchanged.

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