Dow Corning Making Solar-Grade Silicon
Optics.org reports
that Dow Corning announced it has developed a method of producing a solar-grade silicon from metallurgical silicon. The new approach creates a silicon product that “exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics when blended with traditional polysilicon feedstock.”
The shortage of high-grade silicon has been an obstacle in the generation of inexpensive solar energy. The new feedstock, Dow Corning PV 1101 SoG Silicon, offers a new source of supply and is the first commercial feedstock currently in large scale manufacturing production.
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