There are only four companies that manufacture polysilicon, a critical material for solar panels and semiconductors, in the United States. This spring, one of them got a big influx of cash. In April, ...

Highland Materials’ CEO, Richard Rast, believes improvements to how polysilicon is made open up opportunities for competition. Image: Highland Materials. When looking into innovation in the solar ...

Indian scientists have produced high-purity polysilicon ingots from recycled solar cells using “spark plasma sintering” (SPS), and claim they may achieve a purity level comparable to commercially ...

China is a leader in the manufacture of polysilicon — the basic material that goes into making solar panels. China has cracked the code for how to make high quality, cheap polysilicon. You've probably ...

In April, US polysilicon producer Highland Materials secured US$256 million in tax credits to build a new polysilicon factory in north-east Tennessee-the first greenfield polysilicon plant to be ...

Driven by n-type solar cell adoption, utility-scale photovoltaics, and ultra-high purity semiconductor applications, polysilicon demand surges across renewable energy and advanced electronics value ...