Spacebound silicon

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Utility Dive / pv magazine / Energy-Storage.news at 06 Oct, 11:00 UTC

Solar has a long history in powering satellites and space exploration, and high-powered devices based on multijunction PV cells made from “III-V” materials such as gallium arsenide or indium gallium phosphide have supplied this niche market as far back as the 1960s. But those devices are made with…