{"id":10968,"date":"2016-07-12T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T23:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=10968"},"modified":"2016-07-12T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T23:42:17","slug":"alta-devices-flies-uavs-crafts-thin-film-solar-cells-for-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/alta-devices-flies-uavs-crafts-thin-film-solar-cells-for-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Alta Devices Flies UAVs, Crafts Thin-Film Solar Cells for Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altadevices.com\/\">Alta Devices<\/a> has been trading places with the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) in holding world record efficiencies for single- and dual-junction solar cells at one sun (not concentrated).\u00a0 Their gallium-arsenide technology includes a layer of indium gallium phosphide (InGaPh), which the firm says utilizes photons more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Alta Works\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3Sr5bbMivc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to Alta Devices, \u201cAlta has achieved this breakthrough by modifying its basic \u2018single-junction\u2019 gallium arsenide (GaAs) material. The company\u2019s dual junction technology builds on the basic GaAs approach, but implements a second junction (or layer) with Indium Gallium Phosphide (InGaP). Because InGaP uses high-energy photons more efficiently, the new dual-junction cell generates more electricity from the same amount of light than a single-junction device. With this breakthrough, Alta currently holds both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/news\/details\/beitrag\/alta-devices-sets-new-dual-junction-solar-efficiency-record-at-316_100024333\/#axzz4E1Q0ev1q\">dual-junction and single-junction records at 31.6% and 28.8%, <\/a>respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alta claims, that for a typical HALE (high altitude long endurance) UAV aircraft, their solar material requires less than half of the surface area and weighs one-fourth as much while providing the same amount of power as competing thin film technologies. \u00a0Alta explains this greater \u201cpayload functionality\u201d can be used to obtain higher aircraft speeds or longer range.\u00a0 (These numbers seem a bit optimistic to your editor, as the 31-percent efficiency is 43 to 31 percent greater than the 22 or 24 percent for the cells used on Solar Impulse or Eric Raymond\u2019s SunSeekers.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, these numbers work well in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altadevices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Solar-Power-for-UAVs.pdf\">unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs)<\/a>, with the company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altadevices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Selecting-Solar-Technology-for-UAVs-Whitepaper.pdf\">showing an Aerovironment RQ-12A Puma decked out in Alta Devices thin-film solar cells<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10971\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10971\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10971\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Solar-Puma-Launch550-1-528x411.jpg\" alt=\"Aerovironment RQ-12A Puma UAV being hand launched. Alta Devices solar cells raised endurance from 2-1\/2 hours to over 9 hours\" width=\"528\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Solar-Puma-Launch550-1-528x411.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Solar-Puma-Launch550-1-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Solar-Puma-Launch550-1.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerovironment RQ-12A Puma UAV being hand launched. Alta Devices solar cells raised endurance from 2-1\/2 hours to over 9 hours<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/defense-update.com\/20130813_solar-powered-mini-uas.html\">Roy Minson, AeroVironment senior vice president and general manager,<\/a> Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), reported following the first successful tests in 2013 that past solar solutions for powering small UAS were either too heavy or did not produce enough power for long-range flight \u2013 or both.\u00a0 \u201cHowever, the solar Puma AE technology can produce enough power, while adding negligible weight, so that endurance is no longer an issue for most customer missions.\u201d\u00a0 Initial tests extended the endurance of the Puma from about 2-1\/2 hours on batteries alone to a demonstrated nine hours, 11 minutes and 45 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alta Devices\u2019 Parent Company Announces Four Solar Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of the Hanergy Holding Group, Ltd., a Chinese company, Alta Devices shares its solar film on a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanergy.com\/en\/content\/details_37_3602.html\">four solar-powered cars being developed in China<\/a>.\u00a0 From Hanergy\u2019s press release:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10972\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10972\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10972\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hanergy-solar-powered-cars-1-528x352.jpeg\" alt=\"Three of four solar-powered cars announced by Hanergy in Beijing on July 2. Note large roof area for solar cells\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hanergy-solar-powered-cars-1-528x352.jpeg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hanergy-solar-powered-cars-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hanergy-solar-powered-cars-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/hanergy-solar-powered-cars-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three of four solar-powered cars announced by Hanergy in Beijing on July 2. Note large roof areas for solar cells<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Dr. Gao Weimin, Vice President of Hanergy Holding Group and CEO of its\u00a0Solar Vehicle Business Division, the four full solar power vehicles are integrated with flexible\u00a0GaAs thin-film solar cells, covering 3.5 to 7.5 square meters respectively. With five to six hours of sunlight, the thin-film solar cells on the vehicle are able to generate eight to ten kilowatt-hours of power a day, allowing it to travel about 80 km, equivalent to over 20,000 km annually, which satisfies\u00a0the need of driving in a city under normal circumstances. With this disruptive innovation, the full solar power vehicles no longer need to rely on charging posts like traditional electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the mode of\u00a0routine-day use, the vehicles are able to charge themselves with clean solar energy while traveling, making \u201czero charging\u201d possible. It alters our inherent concept of \u2018distance per charge\u2019 of an electric vehicle. In the cases of weak sunlight or long-distance travel, the lithium batteries equipped in the vehicles can also get power from charging posts, enabling them to travel a maximum of 350 km per charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The practical applications of this technology could be significant in developing longer-range electric aircraft.\u00a0 The larger-scale automotive use gives hope that the economies of scale will bring costs down for all users.\u00a0 The possibilities seem boundless.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Falta-devices-flies-uavs-crafts-thin-film-solar-cells-for-cars%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alta Devices has been trading places with the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) in holding world record efficiencies for single- and dual-junction solar cells at one sun (not concentrated).\u00a0 Their gallium-arsenide technology includes a layer of indium gallium phosphide (InGaPh), which the firm says utilizes photons more efficiently. According to Alta Devices, \u201cAlta has achieved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6834,14],"tags":[7375,7368,7369,7370,7371,7372,7373,7374],"class_list":["post-10968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-solar-power","category-sustainable_ga","tag-aerovironment-rq-12a-puma-uav","tag-dr-gao-weimin","tag-gallium-arsenide-solar-cells","tag-hanergy-holding-group-ltd","tag-indium-gallium-phosphide-ingap-layer","tag-national-renewable-energy-laboratories-nrel","tag-single-and-dual-junction-solar-cells","tag-solar-powered-cars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alta Devices Flies UAVs, Crafts Thin-Film Solar Cells for Cars - CAFE Foundation Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/alta-devices-flies-uavs-crafts-thin-film-solar-cells-for-cars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alta Devices Flies UAVs, Crafts Thin-Film Solar Cells for Cars - CAFE Foundation Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alta Devices has been trading places with the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) in holding world record efficiencies for single- and dual-junction solar cells at one sun (not concentrated).\u00a0 Their gallium-arsenide technology includes a layer of indium gallium phosphide (InGaPh), which the firm says utilizes photons more efficiently. 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