monocrystalline
Uniform crystal structure
Monocrystalline describes a solid material—especially a metal or semiconductor—composed of a single continuous crystal structure with no grain boundaries.
The term appears most often in discussions of solar panels, where monocrystalline silicon cells offer higher efficiency than their polycrystalline counterparts: monocrystalline panels, monocrystalline wafers.
Metalloid in electronics
- waferThin crisp disk
- ingotCast metal block
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
lattice · crystallinity · seed · orientation · sapphire · anisotropy · dislocation · defects
Light-to-electricity converting
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- cellsBasic biological units
- modulesSelf-contained system components
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
arrays · silicon · wattage · renewable · solar farm · rooftop · power generation · sunlight
Metalloid in electronics
Alike in composition throughout
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- uniformIdentical throughout
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- grain-freeWithout cereal crops
unbroken · crystallographic · pristine · flawless · unblemished · ordered · symmetry · orientation
silicon
Metalloid in electronics
doping · lattice · crystallinity · seed · orientation · sapphire · anisotropy · dislocation · defects · purity
photovoltaic
Light-to-electricity converting
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- cellsBasic biological units
- modulesSelf-contained system components
panels · arrays · silicon · wattage · renewable · solar farm · rooftop · power generation · sunlight · inverters
silicon
Metalloid in electronics
germanium · turbine blades · gemstones · superalloys · ruby
homogeneous
Alike in composition throughout
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- uniformIdentical throughout
- continuousWithout pause or gap
grain-free · unbroken · crystallographic · pristine · flawless · unblemished · ordered · symmetry · orientation
- solar panelspolycrystalline, thin film, cadmium telluride
- semiconductorssilicon, semiconductor, semiconductors, silicon wafers, transistor
monocrystallineamorphous
Without distinct shape
noncrystalline · non-crystalline · glassy · vitreous · disordered
crystal, crystallize, crystalline, mono, crystallization, crystallized, crystallography, crystallizer