SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Yield, High Efficiency Epitaxial Lift-Off Solar Cells for LILT Applications
Award amount
$125,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MICROLINK DEVICES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-07-27
- Contract end date
- 2019-02-15
- UEI
- DHJPU2QYVQK7
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_18_P1
- Topic code
- S3
Research abstract
As the world leader in the production of epitaxial lift-off (ELO) inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cells, MicroLink Devices proposes to develop large-area ELO-IMM solar cell designed specifically for low intensity, low temperature (LILT) space applications. These solar cells will achieve 45% power conversion efficiency (at –125°C and 5.2 AU) with high production yields, enabling substantial solar array costs for future NASA outer planetary space missions.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Radiation Resistant Solar and Laser Power Converter for Lunar Applications
- Ultra-Thin, Flexible InGaP Solar Arrays Embedded In Solar Sails for Power Generation
- Laser Power Beaming to Sustain Small UAVs using ~1070 nm Source and Receiver
- High Efficiency GaN HBT for X-band Satellite Radar
- Array for High Efficiency Power Beaming
Research funding history
99 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2025). Reported award amounts total $39,253,763. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation