High-efficiency GaInP/GaAs tandem solar cells

GaInP/GaAs tandem solar cells have achieved new record efficiencies, specifically 25.7% under air-mass 0 (AMO) illumination, 29.5% under AM 1.5 global (AM1.5G) illumination, and 30.2% at 140-180x concentration under AM 1.5 direct (AM1.5D) illumination. These values are the highest two-terminal efficiencies achieved by any solar cell under these illumination conditions. The monolithic, series-connected design of the tandem cells allows them to be substituted for silicon or gallium arsenide cells in photovoltaic panel systems with minimal design changes. The advantages of using GaInP/GaAs tandem solar cells in space and terrestrial applications are discussed primarily in terms of the reduction in balance-of-system costs that accrues when using a higher efficiency cell. The new efficiency values represent a significant improvement over previous efficiencies for this materials system, and we identify grid design, back interface passivation, and top interface passivation as the three key factors leading to this improvement. In producing the high-efficiency cells, we have addressed nondestructive diagnostics and materials growth reproducibility as well as peak cell performance     

Tandem solar cells with 31% (AM0) and 37% (AM1.5D) energyconversion efficiencies

The authors demonstrate that the efficiency of GaAs satellite solar cells can be increased to 31% (AM0) with two straightforward modifications. First, the wire grid reflection losses on the GaAs cell can be eliminated by attaching and aligning a thin grooved cover slide. The grooves in this cover slide deflect the incident light rays away from the wire grid lines into the cell active area, increasing the efficiency from 22% to 24%. The second modification involves making the GaAs cell transparent to the infrared energy that normally is wasted and then placing an infrared sensitive GaSb booster cell behind the GaAs cell. This increases the AM0 solar energy conversion efficiency from 24% to 31%. The GaAs/GaSb tandem solar cells have conversion efficiencies of 37% if used for terrestrial (AM1.5) rather than space (AM0) solar electric power systems, high enough that utility-scale solar electric power may someday be economical     

Lightweight (AlGaAs)GaAs/CuInSe2 tandem junction solarcells for space applications

Mechanically stacked tandem cells consisting of GaAs thin-film upper cells and CuInSe₂ thin-film lower cells have been developed to meet the increasing power needs projected for future spacecraft. The authors report the fabrication of the first highly efficient lightweight GaAs/CuInSe₂ tandem cell on a 2-mil thick substrate, update recent performance improvements in thin-film GaAs/CuInSe₂ tandem cells, and discuss their application to space power systems. The efficiency of 4-cm² cells has improved to 21.6% AM0, the highest ever reported for a thin-film photovoltaic cell. Lightweight 4-cm² tandem cells have been successfully fabricated with efficiencies as high as 20.8%. These cells weighed about 180 mg without optimized substrate trimming. Radiation and operating temperature effects on GaAs/CuInSe₂ tandem cells are also discussed, and an interconnect scheme to form a voltage-matched string is described     

Silicon Solar Cell Performance at High Intensities

The theoretical and experimental work performed since 1960 in the area of high-intensity and high-temperature operation of silicon and gallium arsenide photovoltaic devices is reviewed. Test results for conventional 5-grid silicon cells, for specially designed 13-grid silicon cells, and for a GaAs cell are presented parametrically for the illumination intensity range from 0.07 to 2.8 W/cm2 and the temperature range from 30 to 1 50°C. The data cover the 3 points on the currentvoltage characteristic required to reconstruct the full characteristic in the power-generating quadrant. The 13-grid silicon cells showed much better performance than the GaAs cell.     

Low cost X-band power amplifier MMIC

A family of X-band MMIC power amplifiers using a low cost GaAs pHEMT process is reported. The stepper-based volume 0.5 micron and 0.25 micron GaAs pHEMT processes utilize 4 inter-level metallisation and four dielectric layers for high frequency performance whilst maintaining the economies of scale of 150mm (6") diameter substrates. The fabricated GaAs X-Band PA MMICs exhibit SW to low NY output power under pulsed conditions; 16dB of power gain and power added efficiencies approaching 40%. Excellent repeatability and high yields over a number of wafers have been demonstrated. The design and GaAs process approach taken here with DUV stepper and 150 mm wafer diameter will lead to a significant cost reduction for high performance power amplifier MMICs up to 30GHz.     

Energy Conversion Efficiency of Rainbow Shape Piezoelectric Transducer

With the aim to enhance the energy conversion efficiency of the rainbow shape piezoelectric transducer, an analysis model of energy conversion efficiency is established based on the elastic mechanics theory and piezoelectricity theory. It can be found that the energy conversion efficiency of the rainbow shape piezoelectric transducer mainly depends on its shape parameters and material properties from the analysis model. Simulation results show that there is an optimal length ratio to generate maximum energy conversion efficiency and the optimal length ratios and energy conversion efficiencies of beryllium bronze substrate transducer and steel substrate transducer are (0.65, 2.21%) and (0.65, 1.64%) respectively. The optimal thickness ratios and energy conversion efficiencies of beryllium bronze substrate transducer and steel substrate transducer are (1.16, 2.56%) and (1.49, 1.57%) respectively. With the increase of width ratio and initial curvature radius, both the energy conversion efficiencies decrease. Moreover, beryllium bronze flexible substrate transducer is superior to the steel flexible substrate transducer.     

疏水微槽道内层流减阻的实验研究

研究了光滑和带有横向凹槽结构的疏水微槽道内层流的流动特性和表面滑移效应。在硅片上加工了矩形截面微槽道,利用十八烷基三氯硅烷（octadecyltrichlomsilane OTS）在槽道内壁形成疏水薄膜。实验结果表明在光滑疏水微槽道内的水流压降比无滑移条件下的理论值减少8％。对于侧壁带有凹槽结构的疏水微槽道,流动阻力可以降低10％～30％。笔者采用micro—PIV测量得到的壁面表观滑移速度约为槽道中心速度的8％,滑移长度约为2μm。实验结果与滑移壁面条件下三维槽道内层流的解析解吻合,同时得到了带有凹槽结构的疏水微槽道内的流速分布。     

脉冲爆震燃烧效率的探索性试验研究

为了对脉冲爆震燃烧过程的燃烧效率有一个初步了解,在分析脉冲爆震发动机工作原理的基础上,设计了一套带有压力可调单向阀结构的取样系统,并进行了试验验证.试验针对爆震频率为5Hz、当量比为1的汽油和空气混气,测试了爆震波充分发展前后不同位置处爆震燃烧过程的燃烧效率,结果表明可以利用设计的取样系统进行脉冲爆震发动机燃烧效率的测量,试验还发现在脉冲爆震室后爆震发展比较充分的位置,测取的燃烧效率比较高,最高可达99.6%.     

Review of Radiation Damage to Silicon Solar Cells

This paper reviews a large number of silicon solar cell irradiation experiments performed over the last 10 years, including 1-MeV and energy spectrum electron studies, and low-(100-keV) and high-energy (up to 155-MeV) proton studies on bare and covered silicon solar cells of several types. The results of satellite flight experiments on individual solar cells are also presented, as well as data from complete solar arrays and data on the new high-efficiency solar cells. Experimental evidence indicates that the percentage of degradation is smaller in thin solar cells than in thick ones, and that cells with high resistivity (10 ?·cm) degrade less than cells with lower resistivity (1 ?·cm). It is shown that high-efficiency silicon solar cells produced at COMSAT Laboratories and pilot production groups of these cells retain most of their increased power output under irradiation. It is emphasized that all surfaces and edges of the solar cells must be completely shielded from the large flux protons in the space environment. Insufficiencies in the published data are noted in certain areas, and recommendations for additional research are presented. Finally, an extensive bibliography is included.     

旋流燃烧效率的试验研究

一、设备及试件 本文采用两种不同结构的旋流加力室模型,其燃烧机理不同。模型Ⅰ(图1a)利用强旋流产生中心回流区来稳定火焰,组织燃烧;模型Ⅱ(图1b)根据离心力效应组织燃烧,值班稳定器产生稳定的外环火焰,热气流与中心旋转气流之间存在密度差,在离心力作用下火焰向中心传播,旋转的混气由中心向外运动,两者在相对运动中点燃新鲜混气。这种由相对运动产生的火焰传播速度是常规紊流火焰速度的4～5倍。试验在常     

结构参数对环簇式塞式喷管性能的影响

为研究环簇式塞式喷管设计中人为选择的结构参数对性能的影响,在单元间距与内喷管出口直径比、单元喷管数目、内喷管面积比分别相同的前提下,计算并比较了三种塞式喷管的推力效率.结果表明,高空下内喷管面积比30.2的8单元接触式的效率最高,而低空下内喷管面积比20.7的8单元间隔式的效率最高.因此在总面积比一定的情况下,若塞式喷管在中低空高度下工作,则单元内喷管面积比可取得小些,以保证中低空下的效率;反之,则单元内喷管面积比尽量取得大些.      

磁流体能量旁路超燃冲压发动机的混合 和燃烧性能数值研究

为了研究磁流体能量旁路超燃冲压发动机(AJAX)的混合燃烧性能,采用三维数值方法,分别对磁流体发电器作用区和化学反应区进行模拟.在其他条件不变的情况下,改变磁场强度和载荷因子从而改变燃烧室的入口条件,得到不同磁流体条件下的混合效率和燃烧效率.计算结果显示:随着磁场强度的增加和载荷因子的减小,混合效率都提高了,最多提高了11.4%,在热离解不明显的燃烧室前半段,燃烧效率也都有所提高;在燃烧室后半段,不出现热离解时燃烧效率最多提高6.5%,此时磁流体装置的引入可使燃烧室长度缩短25%,可降低飞行器的几何尺寸,减轻飞行器质量;出现热离解时,燃烧效率会有所降低甚至低于无磁流体作用时的情况,因此应尽量避免磁场强度过大或载荷因子过小引起燃烧室入口静温过高造成热离解降低燃烧效率.      

带扫气蜗壳的整体式惯性粒子分离器仿真

对一种带有扫气蜗壳的整体式惯性粒子分离器进行了仿真研究,获得了该粒子分离器的流动及粒子分离特性.结果表明:原型方案中粒子分离器扫气通道顶部和底部流动不畅,使得扫气蜗壳不能周向均匀进气并且局部出现倒流.当扫气比为19%时,主流道出口截面总压恢复系数为0.982,AC砂和C砂分离效率较差,分别为64.8%和76.6%.而在扫气蜗壳内收集管上游加装隔板后,其进气特性的周向均匀性及蜗壳内旋涡结构得到改善,粒子分离效率也得到显著提高:相同扫气比下,AC砂和C砂的分离效率分别提高了18.1%和20.9%,且主流道出口截面的总压恢复系数基本不下降.      

InAsP cells for solar thermophotovoltaic applications

High temperature wide band gap InAsP cells have been specifically designed and fabricated for operating temperatures up 250°C to match with selective emitters operating near 1 μm in a TPV system. An important assumption is that the emitters can be heated up to the range of 1400 K to 2000 K by either solar concentrators or some other heat source. The efficiency of a selective emitter, which can be selected depending on the emitter operating temperatures, will be significantly higher than either a blackbody or a graybody emitter. The key for the TPV success is that the match between the band gap and selective emission must occur at the cell operating temperature. An appropriate cell band gap needs to be carefully selected; so when the band gap shrinks at the operating temperature, the desired match can be achieved. In this paper, two types of InAsP cells were investigated for this concept. The performance of these cells at elevated temperature and energy conversion efficiency are reported in this paper     

气氢/气氧塞式喷管模型发动机实验

以气氢/气氧为推进剂,对圆转方内喷管单元直排塞式喷管进行了热试实验研究。介绍了实验系统及实验发动机主要零部件的结构和设计参数,给出了实验参数测量结果、实验照片和数据分析。无再生冷却塞式喷管发动机采用耐烧蚀材料钨渗铜加工内喷管和燃烧室内衬,碳钢材料加工塞锥,成功进行了多次短时间热试实验。在三个压比下获得了塞式喷管性能数据,实验表明,塞式喷管具有良好的高度补偿能力和较高的效率。在CNPR=110附近,效率达到93%~95%;在CNPR=450附近,效率达到96%~98%;在CNPR=1000附近,效率达到93%~96%。预计在设计点的效率不低于98%。     

The space performance of silicon vertical junction solar cells onthe LIPS-III satellite

The authors present the preliminary analysis and results of a space experiment to evaluate the performance of a new generation of silicon vertical junction solar cells and three adhesives for attaching coverglass to the solar cells. Two of the adhesives are used for the first time in coverglass applications in the space environment. The SOLAREX vertical junction solar cells, which are of 10-Ω-cm silicon with back surface fields (BSFs) and back surface reflectors (BSRs) are compared to SOLAREX planar junction cells, also of 10-Ω-cm, BSF, BSR silicon. The results up to 386 days in space indicate that the two types of solar cell show about the same degradation rate in power output. There are no significant differences at this point in the performances of the three different adhesives     

Design of high-efficiency series-resonant converters aboveresonance

Power losses in series-resonant converters (SRCs) operated above resonance are examined for the purpose of developing design guidelines leading to SRC designs with the highest possible operating efficiencies. Loss expressions are formulated and analyzed as functions of normalized voltage conversion ratio M and normalized output current J for the controlled transistor switches, antiparallel diodes, bridge diodes, and resonant capacitor. Overall losses range from a low of nearly 9% to a maximum of about 17%. Operating efficiencies corresponding to these losses range from a high of 92% to a low of 85%. Operation at the maximum efficiency of 92% occurs at values of M close to unity and is not highly dependent on J. However, in a practical closed-loop regulated SRC, operation with M too close to unity could provide an insufficient design margin, given component tolerances or other variations     

高纯钨磨削加工试验研究

为探究适用于高纯钨磨削加工的砂轮,使用80~#绿碳化硅砂轮和金刚石砂轮开展磨削对比试验,从工件表面粗糙度角度评价上述两种砂料对高纯钨磨削加工表面的影响。试验结果表明,绿碳化硅砂轮对应的工件得到了更理想的表面粗糙度。使用绿碳化硅砂轮开展工艺试验,分析在不同磨削参数下加工表面粗糙度的变化趋势,以此为依据对高纯钨磨削加工工艺参数进行评价与优化。综合考虑加工表面粗糙度以及加工效率,得出适合于钨磨削加工的参数为砂轮线速度v_s=23m/s、磨削深度a_p=8μm、工作台进给速度v_w=10m/min,该参数下得到的表面粗糙度均值为0.336μm。     

塞式喷管设计和性能验证

提出了简化的塞式喷管型面设计和优化方法,并以气氢/气氧为推进剂,对圆转方内喷管一单元直排塞式喷管性能进行了热试实验验证.用圆弧和抛物线近似内喷管型面,用抛物线和三次曲线近似塞锥型面,以从海平面到设计高度的飞行总冲最大为目标函数,进行塞式喷管型面设计和优化.介绍了实验系统及实验发动机主要零部件的结构和设计参数,给出了实验参数测量结果、实验照片和数据分析.实验表明,塞式喷管具有良好的高度补偿能力和较高的效率.在三个不同高度下,实验喷管效率在93%～98%之间,预计设计点效率不低于98%.实验结果表明,所提出的塞式喷管型面设计和优化方法是合理可行的.     

超燃冲压发动机多凹腔燃烧室混合与燃烧性能定量分析

为从定量上研究超燃冲压发动机多凹腔燃烧室对增强混合、燃烧的影响,用大涡模拟方法和火焰面模型对燃料当量比为0.062的流场进行数值模拟。比较了不同多凹腔构型对混合效率、燃烧效率和总压损失的影响,并结合壁面压力分布、数值纹影解释了其原因。结果表明,凹腔串联、凹腔并联均能增强混合,混合效率最大可提高20.95%和9.52%;凹腔串联、凹腔并联均能增强燃烧,燃烧效率最大可提高14%和16.94%;燃烧时凹腔串联总压损失最小,但凹腔并联燃烧放热最快,对缩短燃烧室长度有利。