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Just as the Trichlorosilane Siemens process replaced earlier methods, our new polysilicon purification process can replace the Siemens.

Someone will commercialize this process.  Will it be you?
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Once optimized and commercialized, this process is going to be very cost competitive with any existing process.

​WHAT WE'VE GOT
We have invented a process, (Patent pending) which has produced polycrystalline silicon utilizing a unique and straightforward chemical process.  The process is a general purification process, which works with Silicon and also with additional elements.  The novel aspect of our technology relates to its ability to run the reaction in a solvated state in a liquid medium, using relatively inexpensive, easily available industrial chemicals.  The process runs to completion comparatively near to room temperature in minutes.  

THERE'S MORE - RARE EARTHS
This purification process is a general process which can be applied to Rare Earths.  

REACTION GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The reaction occurs under specifically engineered, yet easily achievable conditions.  The facility required to manufacture polysilicon under our process would, in essence, consist of tanks for the incoming raw materials, a reaction vessel, and tanks for the waste products.  The feedstock chemicals are commonly available.  

BENEFITS
Lower energy costs – no energy intensive Siemens reactors
Lower factory construction costs – millions not billions
Lower carbon emissions

WHY DO WE SAY THIS
The current
Trichlorosilane Siemen's process requires large quantities of electricity.  Indications are that our process may require only 10 to 20 % of this electrical energy thus yielding considerable savings.
Our initial estimate for the construction cost for a factory using our technology would be a small fraction of the cost of a conventional
Trichlorosilane Siemens process based factory. 

FOR THE FUTURE
The process needs to be optimized.  It may be able to be run on a continuous basis rather than a batch basis, leading to further cost reductions.  We may also be able to generate a continuous monocrystalline output.  


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