Potential commercial applications for NASA include satellite applications requiring low weight with high specific power requirements such as small satellites and CUBESATs. Additionally, SEP space craft could benefit in several areas, reduced solar cell mass could result in lighter weight solar arrays leaving valuable mass for scientific instrumentation and added fuel. Further, light weight atmospheric aircraft or other HALE type applications would greatly benefit from reduced power production masses.
These ultra-lightweight high-efficiency flexible solar cells additionally have great potential for non-NASA commercial type applications such as UAVs used for surveillance, security monitoring, and HALE applications where high specific powers are necessary for long endurance missions.
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