print email comment close Polycrystalline Silicon: Technology Overview URL: http://wps2a.semi.org/wps/portal/_pagr/135/_pa.135/745?dFormat=application/msword&docName=P_003277 Description: Overview about production methods and markets for "polycrystalline silicon, also called poly or polysilicon, [which] is one of the purest materials ever manufactured by mankind," and which is used in semiconductors for computers and in solar fuel cells. Includes market figures for 1990-2004. From Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), an industry organization. Publisher: Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) Extra Keywords photovoltaic computer chips wafer poly-si LII Database Information: Record 22546 created by Maria Brandt on 09/05/2006 Last modification on 09/05/2006 Published: 09/07/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22546