They don't use metals or plastics, let alone single-crystal stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ringworld Engineers]

Theoretical efficiencies for single-crystal silicon are 30 to 33 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

Efficiencies of single-crystal cells and modules are shown in Figure 4.2.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

Thin films require substantially less active material than single-crystal silicon.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

In 1980, single-crystal silicon cells accounted for 90 percent of commercial PV cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

Moissanite is nothing more than single-crystal silicon carbide, a relatively new semiconductor material.    From Wordnik.com.  [diamonds are for never - Anil Dash] Reference

Similarly, although single-crystal silicon modules have achieved higher efficiencies (10 to 13 percent) than amorphous silicon modules.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

Amorphous silicon is superior to single-crystal silicon in physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical, magnetic and optical properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

The International Energy Agency (1991) states that the technology has already approached a 30-year lifetime for single-crystal silicon.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

Researchers have developed a form of single-crystal silicon that can be stretched so that electronic circuits could be fabricated on rubber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archives] Reference

Both single-crystal silicon and single-crystal gallium arsenide have been used in concentrator cells, as well as in various multijunctional cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

The scientists have thoroughly examined the lithium argyrodites by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Batteries that never needs recharging] Reference

For example, a single-crystal silicon cell manufactured by the dendritic web method differs in efficiency from the same cell made by the Czochralski method (see the section on "thick-film" cells).    From Wordnik.com.  [4 Photovoltaics] Reference

A single-crystal GaAs substrate cost very high because Gallium is rare than gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

A single-crystal GaAs substrate cost very high because Gallium is rarer than gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Here we report new template engineering using single-crystal intermediate layers of (001).    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

The paper is "Room-temperature polariton lasing in an organic single-crystal microcavity.".    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

They then "grew" the materials on the single-crystal gold placed in a beaker filled with a solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Apollo Diamond, a shadowy company in Boston, is rumored to be sitting on a single-crystal breakthrough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

It describes the recent progress in AlN single-crystal substrates as well as the UV LED performance roadmap.    From Wordnik.com.  [optics.org all content] Reference

These single-crystal layers are grown on solid substrates before transferring them onto a flexible film base.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference

We have tried over the years polymers, compliant metals (single-crystal indium) and compliant crystals (NaCl).    From Wordnik.com.  [iMechanica - Comments] Reference

At middle rear, the single-crystal cadmium sulfide nanopillars are about 200 nanometers in diameter (200 billionths of a meter).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

Today, there are such third-generation single-crystal nickel-based superalloys available for turbine blades such as cmsx-10 and Rene N6.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference

Corning's silicon-on-glass technology, currently in development, is a thin, single-crystal silicon film applied to Corning display glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia] Reference

The researchers build circuits from ultrathin, single-crystal silicon on a flexible or stretchy substrate, like a sheet of plastic or rubber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nano Tech Wire] Reference

The modern single-crystal manufacturing stage used to enhance the performance of the superalloys has also resulted in changes to their formulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engineer - News] Reference

The sensor, which is still at the concept stage, will work by measuring the light-interference pattern between two single-crystal sapphire surfaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engineer - News] Reference

 Polycrystalline metals are stronger than their single-crystal equivalents, which means that greater stresses are required to initiate slip and the attendant yielding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Sunovia, in partnership with EPIR, announced last November "substantial" improvements in their process for growing high-quality single-crystal cadmium telluride on silicon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home:blogs] Reference

1967 Development begins of solar cells for space applications using single-crystal silicon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engadget] Reference

1976 Launch of operational Japanese satellite, "Ume," equipped with Sharp solar cells for space applications (single-crystal silicon solar cell).    From Wordnik.com.  [Engadget] Reference

Û TEM single-crystal diffraction) programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅] Reference