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Product Description:

Gallium Arsenide (GaAs): GaAs is a monocrystalline thin-film material that has extremely high efficiencies. It is very rarely used due to the materials it contains; gallium is rarer than gold and is therefore very expensive, while arsenic is a notoriously poisonous element. Because of the expense of these cells, they are most frequently used in solar concentrator systems, where the cell is only about 0.25 cm2 in area.

GaAs Basics:

• Holds record for highest ever cell efficiency of 34%
• One of the most expensive cells per unit area, roughly US $40/cm2. 

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