Black Silicon to Revolutionize Solar Cells, Consumer Electronics
Black Silicon to Revolutionize Solar Cells, Consumer Electronics
Posted 10/15/2008 at 4:56am
| by Pulkit Chandna
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Researchers around the globe are trying to make solar panels more efficient and inexpensive. Now, a semiconductor material discovered in the 1990’s might come to their aid.
SIOnyx, a startup stationed in Massachusetts, is leading efforts to commercialize black silicon, which is being tipped to supplant silicon in future solar panels as it’s 100 to 500 times more photosensitive than silicon.
Black silicon is being incorporated into sensor-based chips that will in turn be used in night vision equipment. It will inevitably be integrated in future digital cameras and video cameras.
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Velcrow
October 15, 2008 at 7:04am
Sounds promising. I have to wonder why the range is so wide (100 - 500). Does this depend on the quality of manufacturing, or the quality of measurements? Could we see the 'exact' same two devices with drastically different photosensitive properties because manufacturing can not guarantee the same quality black silicon?
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