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…(e.g., silicon). The same analysis now shows how the maximum efficiency can reach 44%. Cells with multiple semiconductors are already being commercialized. For example, we wrote last year about heterojunction…
Nexwafe technology review. Nexwafe is developing a next-generation PV silicon technology called the EpiWafer process, growing standalone silicon wafers onto mono-crystalline seed wafers, with no need to slice ingots and…
…complex, varying primarily as a function of doping. Unlike metals, intrinsic semiconductors become more conductive at higher temperatures, because additional energy helps to promote valence band electrons into conduction bands…
Sila Nanotechnologies was founded in Silicon Valley in 2011, to develop smaller and denser batteries, using silicon-comprising nano-particles in the battery anodes. Thus it claims to have made “the biggest…
…up to 13% higher range than today’s inverters, especially for use in EV powertrains; but also in wind, solar, batteries and fast-chargers. It is based on SiC semiconductors. This Hillcrest…
…chains that yield glass, solar panels and semiconductors. For the latter two applications, silica might be reduced into silicon ‘metal’ in an electric arc furnace. And overall, we think this…
Polysilicon is a highly pure, crystalline silicon material, used predominantly for photovoltaic solar, and also for ‘chips’ in the electronics industry. Global polysilicon capacity is estimated to reach 1.65MTpa in…
…junction transistors, are noted in the data-file. For helpful background into how semiconductors work, which may be useful context alongside this review, please see our overview of semiconductor physics. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/10/19/semiconductor-physics-piece-de-resistance/…
Solar semiconductors have changed the world, converting light into clean electricity. Hence can thermoelectric semiconductors follow the same path, converting heat into electricity with no moving parts? This 14-page report…
…different input variables. We think value will accrue to leading semiconductor and power-electronics companies, that can improve the efficiency of electrification technologies. Recent examples include Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductor, Zero-Voltage…