The Importance of New “Sand-to-Silicon” Processes for the Rapid Future Increase of Photovoltaics

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTThe Importance of New "Sand-to-Silicon" Processes for the Rapid Future Increase of PhotovoltaicsStephen Maldonado*Stephen MaldonadoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United StatesProgram in Applied Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States*Phone: 734-647-4750. Email: [email protected]http://www.umich.edu/~mgroup/.More by Stephen Maldonadohttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2917-4851Cite this: ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 11, 3628–3632Publication Date (Web):October 29, 2020Publication History Received30 September 2020Accepted19 October 2020Published online29 October 2020Published inissue 13 November 2020https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02100https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02100article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views19225Altmetric-Citations34LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (841 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Industrial manufacturing,Photovoltaics,Redox reactions,Silica,Silicon Get e-Alerts