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Polysilicon – from Sand to Solar Cells, it Starts Here

Summary: Polysilicon, a highly refined form of silicon, is the starting material for solar cells.

For silicon-based solar cells, polysilicon is the starting material. What is polysilicon, and how is a silicon cell made from polysilicon?

Polysilicon is formed from Quartzite, a form of quartz sandstone rock. For simplicity sake, you could consider quartzite as comprising pure sand.

Owing to its excellent semiconductor […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|October 26th, 2014|Charge Controllers, suncyclopedia|Comments Off

Silicon Wafer – The Chip that is Healthy and Gives You Power

Summary: Silicon cells are made from silicon wafers. Silicon wafers are in turn formed from polysilicon ingots.

You surely would have heard about solar cells. But did you know that the crystalline solar cells come from silicon wafers? Yes, wafers. So what are these wafers, how are they made and how are solar cells made from […]

By Narasimhan Santhanam|October 26th, 2014|Charge Controllers, Net Metering, suncyclopedia|Comments Off

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Polysilicon – from Sand to Solar Cells, it Starts Here

Silicon Wafer – The Chip that is Healthy and Gives You Power

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