Sentences with phrase «expensive semiconducting»

Simply put, by employing less expensive semiconducting material thin - film solar cells would be cheaper to make, a fact born out by thin - film solar manufacturer First Solar's world - beating module that costs 73 cents per watt in 2011, albeit before the expense of installing it on the roof.

Not exact matches

The researchers had success in applying their technique to exotic wafer and semiconducting materials, including indium phosphide, gallium arsenenide, and gallium phosphide — materials that are 50 to 100 times more expensive than silicon.