Today
the production of terrestrial energy-production
modules with power above 40 W is based on the usin
silicon solar cells (SSC) with an area of 75-100 cm
and more while for the most part of space
applications moderate area SSC (-25 cm2) has been
used until recently. This is mainly due to the
necessity to ensure a high reliabiliti of parallel-series
circuits of space solar arrays arranged on a restricted
area, at power outputs about 10 kW