The intermediate chemical is a "silane," a molecule that has silicon and alkanes (chains of carbon atoms).    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference

(N2) & specialty gases such as silane (SiH4), ammonia (NH3) to produce Si Thin Film cells: carrier gases (N2, H2), specialty gases (SiH4, NF3, dopant mixtures) and coating precursor materials.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

As it ascends towards the surface of the earth, it passes through the SiC layer, and reacts with the Si and the C to form CH4 (methane) and SiH4 (silane).    From Wordnik.com.  [Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit] Reference

More particularly, the silane - or siloxane-based chromophore is.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

There are many similar organo-silane coatings on the market; for example.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

The silane is reacted on electrically heated silicon rods where a reaction occurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

"As a result, silane has been involved in quite a number of significant incidents.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

Anaconda Foundry Fabrication Co.Inc. supplies the tanks used to transport the silane gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

Still, only silane (SiH4) has been linked directly to any deaths as a result of the solar industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

Recently, the emergence of a metallic phase has been observed in silane for pressures just above 60 GPa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue] Reference

Various other organo-silane formulations are also being promoted to suppress toxic mold growth in buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

Yet in the fab, every chip is processed with chemicals and gases, including helium, hydrogen, oxygen and silane.    From Wordnik.com.  [EE Times-Asia] Reference

Both incidents shared a common cause-silane, a gas made up of silicon and hydrogen that explodes on contact with air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

Next, silane is purified through distillation where any remaining tetrachlorosilane is recycled back into the fluidized bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The past twenty years of silane production don't even COMPARE to the next twenty, as solar power becomes more widely available.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, it is based on an N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst and a silane as the reducing agent.    From Wordnik.com.  [innovations-report] Reference

Most of its production shifted toward high-purity silicon and silane gas, which is used in LCD screens and other electronic products.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

Decreasing the thickness of the silicon layers-one answer to the cost challenge in photovoltaics-is not, however, a solution for the silane problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

Georgia Tech's Rohatgi has been testing SiXtron's machine versus conventional silane solar cell production and found that they produce similar quality cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

A-Tech Masonry and Brick Sealer-water-based silane/siloxane water repellent HG Marble and Natural Stone Protector - Invisible coating to protect natural stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to London Mining to move into profit with mine launch] Reference

"The methyl silane gases are not pyrophoric, they are simply a flammable gas," says Bates Marshall, SiXtron's executive vice president of sales and marketing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

The plant will provide silane gas for the production of high-grade polysilicon for solar panel manufacturing. available here, includes the following rankings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal] Reference

(You definitely don't want silane solution meant for building surfaces on your skin before the curing is complete, as organo-silanes can be quite irritating.).    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

Treating silicon substrates with a silane layer allows them to absorb spin-coated, semiconducting carbon nanotubes, yielding aligned and densely packed nanotube films.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

"Practically every silicon photovoltaic company has silane in some form or other," notes Ajeet Rohatgi, director of photovoltaics research at the Georgia Institute of Technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

As China works to change its reputation as the world's sweatshop to a producer of technology, its thriving solar-power industry, for example, needs lots of silicon and silane gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

In addition to the photovoltaic industry, makers of flat-panel displays, semiconductors, even coated glass, all employ silane and all have struggled with the safety issues surrounding the compound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

• silane and ammonia to Realforce Solar, a subsidiary of Realforce Group in Jining, Shandon Province.    From Wordnik.com.  [Praxair Wins Solar Contracts in China - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

• silane, ammonia and bulk atmospheric gases to ShanXi LuAn Solar Energy in Changzhi, Shanxi Province.    From Wordnik.com.  [Praxair Wins Solar Contracts in China - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

Fluor Corp. 's completion of Renewable Energy Corp. 's Silicon IV silane gas plant for its Moses Lake Expansion Project in eastern Washington state, southwest of Spokane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal] Reference

"As the need for silane gas continues to grow, companies around the globe are beginning to seek more secure solutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer Electronics Daily News] Reference

The anode material is produced first by reacting natural gas over a catalyst to produce the carbon nanofibers, and then using silane (SiH.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Car Congress] Reference

All the others put together, it's been zero, "says retired chemical engineer Eugene Ngai, president of a specialty gas safety consultancy and a silane expert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

As a result, we anticipate that silane users will have more choice, and there will be a reduced reliance on the one, primary supplier that currently exists. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumer Electronics Daily News] Reference