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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP210100426
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Fabrication of silicon solar cells in a Lunar-like vacuum environment. In-situ power generation on the Moon is essential for the advancement of space exploration and habitation. At present this involves transportation of solar cells to the Moon. This proposal aims to pave the way for manufacture of solar cells on the Moon from Lunar materials. Utilising the future extraction and purification of silicon, abundant in lunar regolith, the project will focus on fabrication of silicon solar cells. This will provide power for: water mining, oxygen extraction, vehicles and habitats on the Moon and delivery of materials to Low Earth Orbit. The proposed research aims to develop solar cells that can be manufactured on the Moon, using materials abundant there, and techniques exploiting the natural vacuum of space.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2022
End Date: 11-2025
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $417,229.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Photodetectors, Optical Sensors and Solar Cells
