SunEdison’s high pressure fluidized bed reactor (HP-FBR) process produces high-purity polysilicon using 90% less energy than the dominant Siemens method. The company plans to ramp the plant to 13,500 ...

There are only four companies that manufacture polysilicon, a critical material for solar panels and semiconductors, in the United States. This spring, one of them got a big influx of cash. In April, ...

Highland Materials’ CEO, Richard Rast, believes improvements to how polysilicon is made open up opportunities for competition. Image: Highland Materials. When looking into innovation in the solar ...

According to market researcher DisplaySearch, the flat-panel display (FPD) market is about to explode. Growth rates for active-matrix LCDs (AMLCDs) should reach 35% over the next five years, while ...

PPP's Polysilicon Process Technology and Equipment for 3,000 MTY Solar Grade Silicon Production Plant in Inner Mongolia BURBANK, CA–(Marketwire – January 3, 2011) – Poly Plant Project, Inc. (PPP), a ...

The recent announcement by US manufacturer REC Silicon that it would establish a new polysilicon plant with an annual production capacity of 19,000 metric tons (MT) has highlighted an upcoming trend ...

The chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of polysilicon in Siemens reactors remains a cornerstone process in the manufacture of high-purity silicon for semiconductor and photovoltaic applications. The ...

Sacrificial polysilicon surface micromachining is emerging as a technology that enables the mass production of complex microelectromechanical systems by themselves, or integrated with microelectronic ...

An innovative design by Motorola's Sensor Products Division in Tempe, Ariz., optimally integrates a surface-micromachined capacitive automotive tire-pressure sensor with a 0.8-µm CMOS double-metal, ...

If you have lunch with Rudolf Staudigl, the measured chief executive of Wacker Chemie, the Bavarian chemical producer, don’t expect him to be a barrel of laughs. It’s been a tough time for Wacker’s ...