Project, Flat-Plate Solar Array

A. Briglio, K. Dumas, M. Leipold, A. Morrison, Flat Plate Solar Array Project Volume III Silicon Sheets and Ribbons, DOE/JPL 1012-125 (1986)... 

Support of this research program by a contract from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as part of the Low-Cost Solar Array Project (Flat-Plate Solar Array Project) is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Drs. A. Gupta and J. Moacanin for their discussions and cooperation. 

The research described in this paper was performed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology and was sponsored by the Flat-Plate Solar Array Project, Department of Energy. 

A few years ago, most terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules were assembled by casting the cells in a transparent silicone substance, using a metal substrate for support. When this approach was reviewed by the Flat-Plate Solar Array Project (FSA), development was begun on new materials that would reduce the cost and quantity of material required for encapsulation. 

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