Flexible High-Efficiency Space Solar Arrays
Flexell
Flexell's rollable and foldable ultra-high-power-density solar arrays using flexible thin-film photovoltaics for compact satellite power generation.
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- Technology
- Flexible thin-film photovoltaics (CIGS or OPV) on polymer substrates
- Deployment
- Roll-out or fold-out (very compact stowed volume)
- Specific power
- 4–8× higher W/kg than rigid silicon panels
- Efficiency
- 18–25% (thin-film multi-junction)
- Applications
- Smallsat power, HAPS aircraft, CubeSat arrays
- Advantage
- Eliminates heavy substrate — maximum power for minimum mass
About
Flexell develops flexible, rollable solar array panels using thin-film photovoltaic technology for satellite power systems. The company’s approach applies flexible photovoltaic cell technology — thin multi-junction solar cells deposited on flexible polymer substrates — to create solar arrays that can be rolled or folded to very compact stowed volumes and deployed to large area panels in orbit.
Conventional rigid solar panels using silicon or III-V cells mounted on aluminum substrates have high stiffness-per-unit-area but require complex and failure-prone hinged panels to achieve large deployment areas. Flexible roll-out or fold-out solar arrays achieve 4–8× higher specific power (watts per kilogram) compared to rigid panels by eliminating the heavy substrate and support structure — critical for mass-constrained smallsat and constellation satellite platforms.
Flexell’s thin-film solar cells use copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) or organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology, achieving 18–25% conversion efficiency at a fraction of the weight of conventional space solar cells. Applications include smallsat power systems where the ultra-lightweight design enables larger power budgets without proportional mass increase, and high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) aircraft where lightweight continuous solar power is essential for indefinite flight.
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