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Czochralski process
Energy; Energy efficiency
A method of growing large size, high quality semiconductor crystal by slowly lifting a seed crystal from a molten bath of the material under careful cooling conditions.
Discounting
Energy; Energy efficiency
A method of financial and economic analysis used to determine present and future values of investments or expenses.
Physical vapour deposition
Energy; Energy efficiency
A method of depositing thin semiconductor photovoltaic) films. With this method, physical processes, such as thermal evaporation or bombardment of ions, are used to deposit elemental semiconductor ...
Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Energy; Energy efficiency
A method of depositing thin semiconductor films used to make certain types of solar photovoltaic devices. With this method, a substrate is exposed to one or more vaporised compounds, one or more of ...
Electrolyte
Energy; Energy efficiency
A nonmetallic (liquid or solid) conductor that carries current by the movement of ions (instead of electrons) with the liberation of matter at the electrodes of an electrochemical cell.
Amorphous semiconductor
Energy; Energy efficiency
A non-crystalline semiconductor material that has no long-range order.
Radon
Energy; Energy efficiency
A naturally occurring radioactive gas found in the U.S. in nearly all types of soil, rock, and water. It can migrate into most buildings. Studies have linked high concentrations of radon to lung ...
