6N Silicon

There is currently a global shortage of purified silicon for use in the solar industry. In the past, scrap silicon from the integrated circuit (IC; computer chip) market was used to make solar cells, but rapid growth in the solar industry has caused the industry's demand to exceed the supply of scrap from the IC market.

The solar industry is predicted to continue to grow over the next decade more than 30% per year. Solar cell manufacturers are now forced to buy expensive electronic grade silicon which has a higher purity than is required for the production of efficient solar cells.

6N Silicon's mission is to become the leading global supplier of solar grade silicon to the solar industry. 6N's goal is to be the first company to market with an affordable solar grade of silicon that does not require dilution with electronic grade silicon for optimum cell performance.

6N Silicon is developing a pilot line to demonstrate its technology for purifying silicon for use in multicrystalline solar cells.