制造和组装薄膜空间太阳能阵列的机器人解决方案的初步步骤

IF 2.8 4区工程技术 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Flexible and Printed Electronics Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI:10.1088/2058-8585/acdae2

John A Carr, F. Thompson, Austin Bumbalough

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印刷辅助光伏板组件（PAPPA）是本文提出的一种新型印刷电子工艺，它使用增材制造在商用现成薄膜太阳能电池周围印刷柔性面板组件。这通过自动化过程构建了一个功能齐全、灵活的太阳能电池板，适用于太空环境。目前，薄膜空间太阳能电池板是通过手工组装零件制造的。相比之下，PAPPA自动化了劳动密集型面板制作过程。优势有两个：（i）短期：在实现大规模生产的同时降低太阳能电池板成本；（ii）长期：建立太空太阳能电池板制造能力。本文介绍了该过程的细节、概念验证功能测试，以及对进一步开发和应用的启示。

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Initial steps towards a robotic solution for the manufacturing and assembly of thin-film space solar arrays

Print-assisted photovoltaic panel assembly (PAPPA), a novel printed electronic process presented herein, uses additive manufacturing to print flexible paneling components around commercial off-the-shelf thin-film solar cells. This builds a fully functional, flexible solar panel, suitable for space environments, via an automated process. Currently, thin-film space solar panels are manufactured via the compilation of piece parts by hand. In contrast PAPPA automates the labor-intensive paneling process. The advantages are twofold: (i) near-term: solar panel cost reduction alongside the enablement of very large-scale production and (ii) long-term: builds towards a capability for in-space solar panel manufacturing. Herein, details of the process, proof-of-concept functional testing, and implications for further development and application are presented.

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Flexible and Printed Electronics MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

9.70%

发文量

101

期刊介绍： Flexible and Printed Electronics is a multidisciplinary journal publishing cutting edge research articles on electronics that can be either flexible, plastic, stretchable, conformable or printed. Research related to electronic materials, manufacturing techniques, components or systems which meets any one (or more) of the above criteria is suitable for publication in the journal. Subjects included in the journal range from flexible materials and printing techniques, design or modelling of electrical systems and components, advanced fabrication methods and bioelectronics, to the properties of devices and end user applications.