But the UK semiconductor industry is quietly bouncing back. A new wave of companies is focusing on microchips designed for clean energy technology. These chips power electric vehicles and are vital ...

Through this process, the impurities are initially released into a solid solution and then undergo diffusion through the silicon ... from subsequently pulled ingots with varying impurity ...

Researchers at IIT-Madras have tasted success in extracting silicon carbide from (simulated) moon soil — a development that could lead to the making of silicon carbide-based composites for ...

onesmi ON recently announced that it is expanding its silicon carbide (SiC) facility in Hudson, New Hampshire. The newly-inaugurated hub will increase ON’s SiC boule production capacity by five ...

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 ...

Silicon carbide, for instance ... In contrast, to source silicon for chips, meter-long silicon ingots are pulled continuously from a vat of molten silicon, known as the melt.