single-crystalline silicon

  • 1Single crystal silicon — (Czochralsky)   Silicon cells with a well ordered crystalline structure consisting of one crystal (usually obtained by means of the Czochralsky growth technique and involving in got slicing), composing a module. Ribbon silicon is excluded.   U.S …

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  • 2Crystalline silicon — is a material consisting of one or more small silicon crystals. Polycrystalline silicon Polycrystalline silicon (or polysilicon, poly Si, or simply poly in context) is a material consisting of multiple small silicon crystals.Polycrystalline… …

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  • 3Silicon on insulator — technology (SOI) refers to the use of a layered silicon insulator silicon substrate in place of conventional silicon substrates in semiconductor manufacturing, especially microelectronics, to reduce parasitic device capacitance and thereby… …

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  • 4Silicon dioxide — Silica redirects here. For other uses, see Silica (disambiguation). Silicon dioxide …

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  • 5Silicon — Not to be confused with the silicon containing synthetic polymer silicone. aluminium ← silicon → phosphorus C ↑ Si ↓ Ge …

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  • 6silicon — /sil i keuhn, kon /, n. Chem. a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth s crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol …

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  • 7Silicon carbide — Chembox new Name = Silicon carbide ImageFile = Silicon carbide 3D balls.png ImageSize = 140px ImageName = Ball and stick model of part of a crystal of SiC ImageFile1 = silicon carbide detail.jpg ImageSize1 = 140px OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox… …

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  • 8Single crystal — A huge KDP crystal grown from a seed crystal in a supersaturated aqueous solution at LLNL which is to be cut into slices and used on the National Ignition Facility for frequency doubling and tripling. A single crystal or monocrystalline solid is… …

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  • 9Silicon nitride — Preferred IUPAC name Silicon nitride …

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  • 10silicon carbide — Chem. a very hard, insoluble, crystalline compound, SiC, used as an abrasive and as an electrical resistor in objects exposed to high temperatures. [1900 05] * * * ▪ chemical compound Introduction       exceedingly hard, synthetically produced… …

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