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Polycrystalline silicon

Polycrystalline silicon, or multicrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon, poly-Si, or mc-Si, is a high-purity, polycrystalline form of silicon, used as a raw material by the solar photovoltaic and electronics industry.

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Comparison to monocrystalline silicon

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Polycrystalline silicon

Nodes92
Edges91
Triples66
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021739
Components1

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Polycrystalline silicon

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has method · 17
Polycrystalline silicon → Arrhenius, Based, Beyond, Boltzmann, Both, Critical, Ea, Pa, Polysilicon, SiH4, Such, The, There, This, Torr, Wafer, When
related to Comparison to monocrystalline silicon · 15
Polycrystalline silicon → Bridgman, Czochralski, In, Large, Polycrystalline, Semiconductor, Si, Si-based, Siemens, Single, Single-crystal, Stockbarger, The, The Czochralski, Ultra-pure
related to Feedstock for PV industry · 10
Polycrystalline silicon → Czochralski, EGS, For, MGS, Monocrystalline, Only, Polycrystalline, PV, The, Trichlorosilane
has application · 9
Polycrystalline silicon → Currently, Grain, MOSFETs, Recombination, Solar, The, This, Through, Whereas
related to Novel ideas · 9
Polycrystalline silicon → An, CSG, Designs, For, Higher, However, Not, Polycrystalline, The
is a · 1
Polycrystalline silicon → key feedstock in the crystalline silicon based photovoltaic industry and used for the production of conventional solar cells

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polysilicon silicon solar process deposition used polycrystalline siemens also production cost material industry silane reactor kg devices one photovoltaic semiconductor

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Polycrystalline siliconis akey feedstock in the crystalline silicon based photovoltaic industry and used for the production of conventional solar cells0.90text
aluminiuminstance ofC if annealed while in contact of another metal film0.80text
goldinstance ofC if annealed while in contact of another metal film0.80text
or silver.Polysilicon has many applications in VLSI manufacturinginstance ofC if annealed while in contact of another metal film0.80text
MOSFETsinstance ofpolysilicon is commonly used for the conducting gate materials in semiconductor devices0.80text
CSG are attractive because of a low cost of production even with reduced efficiencyinstance ofDesigns0.80text
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationCurrently0.60section
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationMOSFETs0.60section
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationThe0.60section
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationGrain0.60section
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationSolar0.60section
Polycrystalline siliconhas applicationThis0.60section

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