Material Could Help Curb Polysilicon Shortage

by Dylan McGrath EE Times, 5 Sep 2006 Moving to offset the polysilicon shortage increasingly handicapping the semiconductor and solar industries, Dow Corning Corp. introduced a new material designed to enable polysilicon suppliers to squeeze more solar-grade material from existing production lines. PV 1101, derived from metallurgical silicon that exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics when blended with traditional polysilicon feedstock, is the first commercially available feedstock produced from such technology using large scale manufacturing processes. Read more