It is the primary feedstock material used for the production of solar cells today. Polysilicon feedstock generally consists of large rods which are broken into chunks or chips of various size, then cast into multicrystalline ingots. The ingot materials are subsequently sliced into silicon wafers suitable for solar cell production.
The next step is to attach metal circuitry — usually made from aluminum and copper — to the silicon wafer. The U.S. is responsible for around 12% of semiconductor manufacturing capacity worldwide, making silicon a very valuable resource in the country. Another semiconductor with several uses in computer chips is germanium.
And when it comes to manufacturing solar cells, Norwegian silicon is the world’s best material. “In order to manufacture pure silicon, the process of converting the raw material must be energy efficient, and the power used in the process must be clean. Norway delivers on both these points.
Here is a closer look at the most common raw materials used in building computers’ digital brains. The most commonly used raw material for making computer chips is silicon. This natural semiconductor — which is found in large quantities in beach sand — is effective for manufacturing transistors.
The production process from raw quartz to solar cells involves a range of steps, starting with the recovery and purification of silicon, followed by its slicing into utilizable disks – the silicon wafers – that are further processed into ready-to-assemble solar cells.
Raw polycrystalline silicon, commonly referred to as polysilicon, is a high-purity form of silicon which serves as an essential material component in the solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing industry. It is the primary feedstock material used for the production of solar cells today.
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