Ceramics have garnered huge engineering applications in various manufacturing industries.
This is due to their excellent mechanical properties at high temperature, good oxidation …

In recent years, the scientific research into photovoltaic (PV) technology has focused on the
failure modes in order to increase the PV reliability, durability and service lifetime. One of the …

With the rapid growth of the photovoltaic (PV) industry, the amount of the silicon waste has
substantially increased, resulting in serious environmental problems. This waste mainly …

Diamond wire sawing (DWS) is the primary stage in the semiconductor industry for slicing
hard and brittle materials, delivering high surface quality with minimum kerf losses. Despite …

The cutting of silicon wafers using multi-diamond wire sawing is a critical stage in solar cell
manufacturing due to brittleness of silicon. Improving the cutting process output requires an …

To gain an in-depth understanding of the influence of diamond wire sawing of
monocrystalline silicon on the feed force and wafer quality, experiments with a single …

Abstract Silicon Carbide (SiC) is an important substrate material for electronic components
due to its excellent properties. Compared with wire sawing technology, laser slicing …

Single-crystal silicon was sliced using a newly developed high-speed fixed-abrasive dicing
wire saw. The effects of diamond grit size, wire speed, and number of slicing cycle on the …

Impurity removal is essential for the recovery and regeneration of silicon resources from
diamond wire saw powder by metallurgical purification technologies. In this paper, the …

Abstract Ultra-thin two-dimensional (2D) silicon nanosheets (SiNSs) have potential
applications in electronic, energy storage, and energy conversion devices owing to their …