Teflon bonding of solar cell assemblies using Pilkington CMZ and CMG coverglasses-now a production process

Kitchen, C.; Dollery, A. A.; Mullaney, K.; Bogus, K.

doi:10.1109/wcpec.1994.520775

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“…An important feature of cover glasses is the thermal expansion coefficient. The new designed CMZ and CMG cover glasses have thermal expansion coefficients matching those of silicon and Gallium Arsenide, respectively, which allow the cover glass to be directly bonded to the solar cell via advanced bonding techniques such as electrostatic bonding [8][9][10]31]. There is a trend that the thickness of cover glasses becomes thinner, from 120 m to 70-50 m [26].…”

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“…The traditional way of bonding an anti-irradiation cover glass to a silicon solar cell is by means of silicone adhesive or Teflon [7][8][9]. Advanced bonding techniques such as electrostatic bonding may be employed to bond the cover glass directly to the Si or GaAs solar cell, if they have a matching thermal expansion coefficient [10][11][12][13].…”

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Design and Implementation of an Auto Bonding Manufacturing Process for Space Solar Cells

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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This article presents a new manufacturing process of bonding anti-irradiation cover glasses to silicon solar cells with silicone adhesive. Due to the disadvantages of traditional manual operation, a new manufacturing process was designed considering the characteristics of solar cells, cover glasses, and silicone adhesive, and was complemented by an automatic system based on an industrial robot. Experiments indicated that the new approach could ensure the thickness of adhesive layer among 100-150 m and effectively restrain the creation of air bubbles. The automatic system was tested to have high efficiency and reliability and it was going to make volume-produce.

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Design and Implementation of an Auto Bonding Manufacturing Process for Space Solar Cells

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et al. 2007

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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Simulated Space Debris Impact Experiments on Toughened Laminated Thin Solar Cell Cover Glass

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Stein

et al. 2000

Journal of the IEST

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Increasing demands on the design criteria of spacecraft components have driven efforts to develop advanced space debris ground simulation techniques suitable to be incorporated into a space environmental effects chamber. A laser-driven flyer method suitable in such a chamber was used to conduct an initial investigation of space debris impact on a new toughened solar cell coverglass material. Damage characteristics, including mechanical damage and contamination generated by impact with a 3-mm diameter, 3-μm thick aluminum particle accelerated to 4.5 km/sec, were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy, and spectrophotometry were used to measure the mechanical damage and the loss of solar transmission. Because of the limited number of impact tests made in this initial study, a quantitative analysis was not possible. However, much insight was obtained from the observed damage.

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Teflon bonding of solar cell assemblies using Pilkington CMZ and CMG coverglasses-now a production process

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Design and Implementation of an Auto Bonding Manufacturing Process for Space Solar Cells

Design and Implementation of an Auto Bonding Manufacturing Process for Space Solar Cells

Simulated Space Debris Impact Experiments on Toughened Laminated Thin Solar Cell Cover Glass

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