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Si (p-type and n-type)
7440-21-3
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Amorphous Silicon for solar energy applications includes p-type and n-type silicon. Find Safety and Research information below. Silicon-based photovoltaic cells (PV Cells) for solar energy are fabricated from a positively charged or p-type silicon layer underneath a negatively charged or n-type silicon layer. These layers can be produced from casted Amorphous material sold under the AE Solar Energy group.  Most silicon-based PV solar cells are produced from Amorphous silicon with single crystal systems the next most common. Silicon Metal is also  available as single crystal, amorphous silicon, disc, granules, ingot, pellets, pieces, powder , rod, sputtering target, wire, and other forms and custom shapes. Ultra high purity and high purity forms also include submicron powder and nanoscale powder. Amorphous Silicon is generally immediately available in most volumes. Technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available.

Silicon is a Block P, Group 14, Period 3 element. The electronic configuration is [Ne] 3s2 3p2. In its elemental form silicon's CAS number is 7440-21-3. The silicon atom has a radius of 117.6.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 210.pm. Silicon is one of man's most useful elements. It makes up 25.7% of the earth's crust, by weight, and is the second most abundant element, being exceeded only by oxygen. The Czochralski process is commonly used to produce single crystals of silicon used for solid-state or semiconductor devices. Silica, as sand, is a principal ingredient of glass, one of the most inexpensive of materials with excellent mechanical, optical, thermal, and electrical properties.

Formula CAS No. Appearance Molecular Weight Density Melting Point Boiling Point
Si 7440-21-3 Silvery 28.08 2330 kg/m³ 1414 °C 2900 °C
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Recent Research & Development for Silicon

  • Analysis of amorphous-nano-crystalline multilayer structures by optical, photo-deflection and photo-current spectroscopy. Micron. 2008 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Bronchial obstruction due to teflon pledgets migration 13 years after lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jun;85(6):2116-8.

  • Ultra-sensitive detection of bacterial toxin with silicon nanowire transistor. Lab Chip. 2008 Jun;8(6):868-71. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

  • Quality assurance for the geometric accuracy of cone-beam CT guidance in radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008;71(1 Suppl):S57-61.

  • Silicon-Based Building Blocks for One-Step (18)F-Radiolabeling of Peptides for PET Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2008 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.

  • Enhanced Rat Sciatic Nerve Regeneration through Silicon Tubes Implanted with Valproic Acid. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2008 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Automated wavelet denoising of photoacoustic signals for circulating melanoma cell detection and burn image reconstruction. Phys Med Biol. 2008 May 21;53(12):N227. [Epub ahead of print]

  • High-density cochlear implants with position sensing and control. Hear Res. 2008 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Micromixers to produce cosmetic emulsions. Int J Cosmet Sci. 2003 Apr;25(1-2):1-4.

  • Molecular Transfer of Surfactant Bilayers: Widening the Range of Substrates. Langmuir. 2008 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Design of a polarized head-mounted projection display using ferroelectric liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplays. Appl Opt. 2008 May 20;47(15):2888-96.

  • Photoluminescence emission profiles of Y(2)O(3):Eu films composed of high-low density stacks produced by glancing angle deposition. Appl Opt. 2008 May 20;47(15):2798-805.

  • Combined fluorescent and interferometric detection of protein on a BioCD. Appl Opt. 2008 May 20;47(15):2779-89.

  • The impact of MLC transmitted radiation on EPID dosimetry for dynamic MLC beams. Med Phys. 2008 Apr;35(4):1267-77.

  • Testing of silicon nitride ceramic bearings for total hip arthroplasty. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2008 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Desorption Ionization of Biomolecules on Metals. Anal Chem. 2008 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Acoustophoresis in Wet-Etched Glass Chips. Anal Chem. 2008 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Long-term development of inorganic nutrients and chlorophyll alpha in the open northern Baltic Sea. Ambio. 2008 Mar;37(2):86-92.

  • Quantitative measurements of C-reactive protein using silicon nanowire arrays. Int J Nanomedicine. 2008;3(1):117-24.

  • A PIXEL DETECTOR-BASED SINGLE PHOTON-COUNTING SYSTEM AS FAST SPECTROMETER FOR DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY BEAMS. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2008 May 16. [Epub ahead of print]

 

 

 

 

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