| Citation: | WANG H，ZHANG C F，CAO Y X，et al. Progress in experimental research on flexible solar cells for near space application[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics，2025，51（8）：2632-2641 （in Chinese） doi: 10.13700/j.bh.1001-5965.2022.0949
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Solar cells are an ideal power supply solution for near-space flight platforms. Flexible solar cells, particularly, have attracted increasing attention due to their high specific power. In this paper, the influence of different types of solar cell module encapsulation materials on the areal density was analyzed first, and the specific power of flexible thin-film solar modules at different conversion efficiencies was calculated. The paper then reviewed the research advances in flexible solar cells, including flexible silicon, flexible copper indium gallium selenium, flexible cadmium telluride, and flexible perovskite solar cells. The substrate materials, fabrication methods, and efficiency constraints of each flexible solar cell were introduced in detail. In addition, the paper presented the research progress on perovskite solar cells in near-space environments and pointed out future research directions for flexible perovskite solar cells.Studies have shown that flexible perovskite solar cells are the most promising candidates for near-space applications due to their high power-to-weight ratio.
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