The result is a silicon crystal ingot that is either positively (p-type) or negatively charged (n-type). Slices of the ingot approximately 1/30th of an inch thick are cut from this "crystal salami ...

With improvements in material and design in this generation of machines, process safety has been improved according to the company, to reduce substantially the increased costs of production.

The manufacturing process of mc-Si involves several critical steps, including the growth of silicon ingots, which are then sliced into wafers for solar cell production. Recent research has focused ...

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 ...