Enum: PVCellType

Types of photovoltaic cell technologies

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
MONOCRYSTALLINE_SILICON	None	Monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) cells
POLYCRYSTALLINE_SILICON	None	Polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) cells
PASSIVATED_EMITTER_REAR_CELL	None	Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC)
HETEROJUNCTION	None	Heterojunction (HJT) cells
TUNNEL_OXIDE_PASSIVATED_CONTACT	None	Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) cells
INTERDIGITATED_BACK_CONTACT	None	Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cells
CADMIUM_TELLURIDE	None	Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film cells
COPPER_INDIUM_GALLIUM_SELENIDE	None	Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film cells
AMORPHOUS_SILICON	None	Amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film cells
GALLIUM_ARSENIDE	None	Gallium arsenide (GaAs) cells
PEROVSKITE	None	Perovskite solar cells
ORGANIC	None	Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells
TANDEM	None	Tandem/multi-junction cells

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Name	Description
pv_cell_type	Types of photovoltaic cell technologies

Identifier and Mapping Information

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name: PVCellType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of photovoltaic cell technologies
title: Photovoltaic Cell Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
see_also:
- OEO:00000348
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  MONOCRYSTALLINE_SILICON:
    text: MONOCRYSTALLINE_SILICON
    description: Monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 17-22%
    aliases:
    - mono-Si
    - single-crystal silicon
    related_mappings:
    - CHEBI:27573
  POLYCRYSTALLINE_SILICON:
    text: POLYCRYSTALLINE_SILICON
    description: Polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 15-17%
    aliases:
    - poly-Si
    - multi-crystalline silicon
    related_mappings:
    - CHEBI:27573
  PASSIVATED_EMITTER_REAR_CELL:
    text: PASSIVATED_EMITTER_REAR_CELL
    description: Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC)
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 19-22%
    aliases:
    - PERC
  HETEROJUNCTION:
    text: HETEROJUNCTION
    description: Heterojunction (HJT) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 21-24%
    aliases:
    - HJT
    - HIT
  TUNNEL_OXIDE_PASSIVATED_CONTACT:
    text: TUNNEL_OXIDE_PASSIVATED_CONTACT
    description: Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 22-24%
    aliases:
    - TOPCon
  INTERDIGITATED_BACK_CONTACT:
    text: INTERDIGITATED_BACK_CONTACT
    description: Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 22-24%
    aliases:
    - IBC
  CADMIUM_TELLURIDE:
    text: CADMIUM_TELLURIDE
    description: Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: cadmium_telluride
      type:
        tag: type
        value: thin-film
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 16-18%
    aliases:
    - CdTe
    exact_mappings:
    - CHEBI:232800
  COPPER_INDIUM_GALLIUM_SELENIDE:
    text: COPPER_INDIUM_GALLIUM_SELENIDE
    description: Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: CIGS
      type:
        tag: type
        value: thin-film
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 15-20%
    aliases:
    - CIGS
    - CIS
  AMORPHOUS_SILICON:
    text: AMORPHOUS_SILICON
    description: Amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: silicon
      type:
        tag: type
        value: thin-film
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 6-8%
    aliases:
    - a-Si
    related_mappings:
    - CHEBI:27573
  GALLIUM_ARSENIDE:
    text: GALLIUM_ARSENIDE
    description: Gallium arsenide (GaAs) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: gallium_arsenide
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 25-30%
      application:
        tag: application
        value: space, concentrator
    aliases:
    - GaAs
  PEROVSKITE:
    text: PEROVSKITE
    description: Perovskite solar cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: perovskite
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 20-25%
      status:
        tag: status
        value: emerging
  ORGANIC:
    text: ORGANIC
    description: Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells
    annotations:
      material:
        tag: material
        value: organic
      type:
        tag: type
        value: thin-film
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 10-15%
      status:
        tag: status
        value: emerging
    aliases:
    - OPV
  TANDEM:
    text: TANDEM
    description: Tandem/multi-junction cells
    annotations:
      efficiency_range:
        tag: efficiency_range
        value: 25-35%
    aliases:
    - multi-junction

Enum: PVCellType

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