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PV cells can be categorized according to application, cell material and structure, and cost within the system application context. The three application areas are terrestrial solar, space solar, and non-solar. For example, Thermophotovoltaics (TPV) systems use man-made infrared energy sources at night. The three alternative cell structures are large crystallite silicon cells (mono- and multi-crystal Si), small grain size, or amorphous thin film cells (CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si), and very high efficiency high power density cells (InGaP.GaInAs/Ge multi junction cells and GaSb IR cells).
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Fraas, L.M. (2014). Types of Photovoltaic Cells. In: Low-Cost Solar Electric Power. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07530-3_3
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