Super silicon bros

• Autores: Tien Nguyen
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3048, 2015, págs. 38-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Today's connected society would be impossible without silicon. Chips made from it run everything from smartphones to pacemakers, with some 6.5 million square meters of the stuff rolled out every year. And the solar industry relies on vast quantities of silicon to make the photovoltaic cells that convert light into electricity. Silicon is in such demand that you'd be forgiven for thinking its position at the top of the pile was untouchable. But its status owes more to the fact that it is the second most abundant element on the planet than of its performance. Here, Nguyen details silicon's secret identities which could revolutionize electronics and solar cells.