Silicon carbide: faster switching?
…sector in conventional energy (pages 2-4). The incumbent semiconductor used in 99.9% of electronics and 95% of power electronics is silicon. However, a new entrant is gaining ground. Silicon carbide…
Maxwell’s demon: computation is energy?
…1bn times more energy than the thermodynamic minimum. One reason, of course, is that modern computers flow electricity through semiconductors, which are highly resistive. Indeed, undoped silicon is 100bn times…
LONGi: technology review and solar innovations?
…(e.g., polymer adhesive tapes, lasering, vapor deposition) and away from more complex semiconductor manufacturing techniques. Increasing efficiency was the underlying focus in 80% of LONGi’s patents (chart below). Increasing efficiency…
Solar module production by company?
…here, company screen here) is sliced into wafers, then processed into cells using semiconductor manufacturing techniques, and then finally combined with front contacts, encapsulants, frames, reinforced glass, backsheets and wiring…
Global polysilicon production capacity?
…solar and other semiconductor chips (over here, model here). Global polysilicon production capacity likely reaches 1.65MTpa in 2023 and global polysilicon production reaches 1MTpa. For context, production of the key…
Hydrogen peroxide: production costs?
…such as propylene oxide for polyurethane insulation/EVs and for etching semiconductors. Hydrogen peroxide production costs? This data-file estimates the economic costs of producing hydrogen peroxide, at $1,000/ton per ton of…
Energy transition: the very hungry caterpillar?
…conventional energy, utilities, capital goods, mining, materials, energy services, semiconductors. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart In one of the all time great works of literature, a tiny and very hungry…
Thermoelectrics: leading companies and products?
…lower than Thermal Power plants. But these devices also use semiconductors. Hence could their future efficiency improve, matching the recent trends in the solar industry? We aim to answer this…
Moore’s law: causes and new energies conclusions?
…The first feedback loop is down to the laws of physics, unique to the semiconductor industry, as explained on page 4. It is hard to see how new energy technologies…
Magnets and energy: fundamental attraction?
…in the world is produced by magnets, and the remainder is produced by semiconductor. Implications for magnets, and vice versa, are discussed on page 11. Wind power uses a balance…