In any solar cell process, the metallization step is critical as it often sets conditions and limitations for the other process steps. The main metallization technique used today in Si solar cell ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

Scientists from Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE – together with a consortium of plant manufacturers, metrology companies, and research institutions – have developed a new production line concept for ...

Reliable versatile analog transistor targets More Than Moore applications bringing differential advantage for smart sensors, ...

First successful use of vapor deposition on industrial silicon wafers delivers unprecedented durability in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells.

U.K. startup Paragraf has successfully produced the first 6-inch graphene wafer at its manufacturing facility in Huntingdon, ...

A research group at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has shown that in situ gettering during the application of asymmetric configuration of n-type and p-type ...

The ability to create materials with well-defined characteristics at the micro-and sub-micrometer dimensions is critical in a broad range of research fields and enterprises, from microelectronic chips ...

Taiwan-based GlobalWafers Co., a major supplier of the silicon wafers used to make central processing units and other chips, plans to build a $5 billion silicon wafer plant in Sherman, Texas. The Wall ...

Paragraf, a British company specialising in graphene-based electronics, has announced the successful production of its first ...