Multicrystalline silicon remains the cornerstone of photovoltaic device production, benefitting from a balance between performance and cost. The manufacturing process typically involves directional ...

NEWARK, Del., June 12, 2002 — AstroPower Inc. announced initial success of its joint development program with Elkem aimed at establishing a proprietary purification process for solar-grade silicon, ...

Researchers in the Middle East claim to have identified the optimal parameters for the commercial production of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules across several locations. Their analysis showed ...

Floatech, a Madrid-based spin-off of IMDEA Materials Institute, plans to open its first pilot plant for the manufacture of silicon anodes this year. Silicon anodes will be vital for the next ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

Researchers from Norway and Germany investigated the influence of impurities in fused quartz crucibles used in silicon PV ingot production. The results suggest that the key factors influencing ...

The silicone trends of the future have arrived, tariffs in tow. More accurately, the future has arrived for silicone—at once an unchanged material since it was commercialized in the 1940s and an ...