Thursday, January 15, 2009

What is Monocrystalline Silicon?

Monocrystalline Silicon is made from very pure Monocrystalline Silicon. Monocrystalline Silicon has a single and continuous crystal lattice structure with practically zero defects or impurities.

One of the many reasons Monocrystalline Silicon is superior to other types of silicon cells are their high efficiencies - which are typically around 15%.

Because the manufacturing process required to produce Monocrystalline Silicon is more involved and detailed than other types, this results in slightly higher costs for Monocrystalline Silicon than other silicon technologies.

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