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Flexible High‐Efficiency Corrugated Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells for Application in Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Payload Transportation
Author(s) -
El-Atab Nazek,
Khan Sherjeel M.,
Hussain Muhammad Mustafa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.202070111
Subject(s) - drone , monocrystalline silicon , payload (computing) , aerospace engineering , aerodynamics , silicon , materials science , automotive engineering , engineering , environmental science , computer science , optoelectronics , biology , computer network , genetics , network packet
The potential of the corrugation technique in providing high efficiency (19%), ultra‐lightweight, and ultra‐flexible silicon solar cells which can fully conform to unconventional drone surfaces without affecting the aerodynamic characteristics is demonstrated. Using the different corrugated cells, an extension in the flight time of the AtlantikSolar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by >15% can be achieved compared to the rigid cells. More details can be found in article number 2000670 by Nazek El‐Atab, Sherjeel M. Khan, and Muhammad Mustafa Hussain.