Thermal design for high-temperature high-irradiance testing of space solar panel components
Emcore has been performing High Intensity High Temperature (HIHT) tests on covered, interconnected cell (CIC) assemblies. End-of-life performance of spacecraft solar panels depends to a great extent on changes in the optical properties of the CICs coverglass adhesive during the mission. An important change in silicone coverglass adhesives is observed as degradation of short wavelength transmission, often called darkening or yellowing . This is understood to be driven by exposure to high intensity UV and by exposure to el ...
Blumenfeld, Philip; Boca, Andreea; Sharps, Paul; Russell, Dennis; Ogawa, Hiroyuki; Toyota, Hiroyuki;
Published by: Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference Published on:
YEAR: 2013   DOI:
Adhesives; Heat radiation; Optical properties; Predictive analytics; Silicones; Solar energy; Temperature control; Test facilities; Parker Engineering
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