Hi Jeff, This is the email that Emcore answered to me.
EMCORE does offer mechanical/visual (MV) bare solar cells (MV cells are not available in SCA's). MV solar cells have mechanical anomalies or discoloration that make them unusable for space. MV solar cells have an efficiency typically greater than 25% at AM0 and 28°C. *Price * EMCORE offers MV cells for $50.00 (USD) each with a minimum order quantity of 150 cells. *Terms and Conditions* EMCORE’s MV cells are offered on an “as available, first come, first serve” basis. EMCORE’s standard terms and conditions for MV cells are as follows: 1. Parts sold on an “as is” basis with no warranty. All sales are final. 2. Quantities offered are subject to continued inventory availability. 3. Payment is required in advance of shipment by bank transfer or credit card. 4. Customer is responsible for all shipping costs (including insurance) from freight forwarding office. 5. Minimum purchase price is $7,500.00 for any order. The standars cells cost $650 (USD) aprox per cell We are searching solar cells or non qualified solar cells for a cubesat to make electrical test. It is not important if they are form Emcore, Spectrolab or whatever. We need between 6 and 12 cells. We can not pay more than $70 (USD) per cell Warm regards from Uruguay Thank you very much. Ignacio de León 2010/5/24 Gonzalo Sotta <[email protected]> > > > ---------- Mensaje reenviado ---------- > De: Jeff Harvey <[email protected]> > Fecha: 24 de mayo de 2010 09:27 > Asunto: RE: [CubeSat] Cubesat Group purchase of EMCOR cells > Para: [email protected], Cal Poly CubeSat <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], Gonzalo Sotta <[email protected]>, Javier Ramos < > [email protected]>, José Luis Vila <[email protected]> > > > We might be interested. How much are they per cell? > > Jeff > > T. Jeffrey (Jeff) Harvey PE > MMA Design LLC > 303 258 7365 Office > 303 859 4146 Cell > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Robert Bruninga > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:16 PM > To: 'Cal Poly CubeSat'; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; 'Gonzalo Sotta'; 'Javier Ramos'; 'José Luis Vila' > Subject: [CubeSat] Cubesat Group purchase of EMCOR cells > > AMSAT and CUBESAT: > > A student CUBESAT group in Uruguay wants to partner with another > CUBESAT group to purchase the minimum quantity (150) of triple > jnction solar cells from EMCOR. They only need a dozen. > > Anyone want to team up? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CubeSat mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cubesat.org/mailman/listinfo/cubesat > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
