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#1 21665672 31 Dec 2012 16:12

Shahzad Akbar Shahzad Akbar

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21665672 31 Dec 2012 16:12

Is there any new material we can use instead of silicon? Which have much better characteristics.
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#2 21665673 31 Dec 2012 16:29

Stephen Van Buskirk Stephen Van Buskirk

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21665673 31 Dec 2012 16:29

It depends on what you mean by better. Is it price or some other characteristic? There are advantages and disadvantages to any choice. I've used Germanium diodes because they have less drop than Silicon. In general silicon works pretty well and is plentiful, so it's inexpensive.

Wikipedia has a nice discussion of different materials. I found it by searching on Google for "Semiconductor materials"
#3 21665674 02 Jan 2013 05:17

Earl Albin Earl Albin

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21665674 02 Jan 2013 05:17

http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/..._replace_silicon/1253980495387/p1177315753918

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