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Photovoltaics and Wafer (electronics)

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Difference between Photovoltaics and Wafer (electronics)

Photovoltaics vs. Wafer (electronics)

Photovoltaics (PV) is a term which covers the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. A wafer, also called a slice or substrate, is a thin slice of semiconductor material, such as a crystalline silicon, used in electronics for the fabrication of integrated circuits and in photovoltaics for conventional, wafer-based solar cells.

Similarities between Photovoltaics and Wafer (electronics)

Photovoltaics and Wafer (electronics) have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Boron, Crystalline silicon, Gallium arsenide, Monocrystalline silicon, Polycrystalline silicon, Semiconductor, Solar cell, Solar panel.

Boron

Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5.

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Crystalline silicon

Crystalline silicon (c-Si) is the crystalline forms of silicon, either multicrystalline silicon (multi-Si) consisting of small crystals, or monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si), a continuous crystal.

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Gallium arsenide

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a compound of the elements gallium and arsenic.

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Monocrystalline silicon

Monocrystalline silicon (also called "single-crystal silicon", "single-crystal Si", "mono c-Si", or mono-Si) is the base material for silicon chips used in virtually all electronic equipment today.

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Polycrystalline silicon

Polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon or poly-Si, is a high purity, polycrystalline form of silicon, used as a raw material by the solar photovoltaic and electronics industry.

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Semiconductor

A semiconductor material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor – such as copper, gold etc.

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Solar cell

A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.

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Solar panel

Photovoltaic solar panels absorb sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity.

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Photovoltaics and Wafer (electronics) Comparison

Photovoltaics has 169 relations, while Wafer (electronics) has 80. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 3.21% = 8 / (169 + 80).

References

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