毕竟，太阳中任何元素的原子，比如说铁，都比陨石标本的原子要多得多，但这两种物质中铁和硅的比例可能是可以比较的。
After all, the Sun has many more atoms of any element, say iron, than does a meteorite specimen, but the ratios of iron to silicon in the two kinds of matter might be comparable.
但是，硅的脆性也限制了其应用范围。
这是他对硅的预测。
时间是绝对因素：如果时间过长，硅的变化会过大，并产生气泡。
Timing is everything: if the treatment lasts too long, the silicon changes too much and blistering occurs.
硅的生产厂商，过去其最大客户一直是芯片制造商，已经开始慢慢迎合太阳能产业。
Silicon producers, whose biggest customers were always chipmakers, have been slow to cater to the solar industry.
或者说，他们扳动了一个开关，改变了硅的电导率，而不需破坏表面上的任何化学键。
In other words, they flipped a switch, which allowed them to change the electrical conductivity of the silicon without making or breaking a single chemical bond within the surface.
在实验室研究中，库珀及其同事发现干水吸收的二氧化碳数量是同等时间内普通未结合水-硅的3倍以上。
In laboratory-scale research, Cooper and co-workersfound that dry water absorbed over three times as much carbon dioxide asordinary, uncombined water and silica in the same space of time.
在实验室研究中，库珀及其同事发现干水吸收的二氧化碳数量是同等时间内普通未结合水-硅的3倍以上。
In laboratory-scale research, Cooper and co-workers found that dry water absorbed over three times as much carbon dioxide as ordinary, uncombined water and silica in the same space of time.
美国的公司和工人在太阳能价值链上，特别是在最终用于太阳能板上的超纯硅的生产上仍然是有优势的。
U.S. firms and workers still dominate the most lucrative parts of the solar value chain, particularly the production of the ultrapure silicon that ultimately goes into solar panels.
第一太阳能公司的太阳能电池板平均效率为11-12%，而使用晶体硅的太阳能电池板效率为14-15%。
First Solar’s panels have an average efficiency rate of 11-12% as opposed to 14-15% for the silicon ones.
波导是芯片表面上的脊，可以控制光信号；多晶硅是硅的一种形态，由许多微小的、不同的晶体硅簇在一起。
Waveguides are ridges on the surface of a chip that can direct optical signals; polysilicon is a type of silicon that consists of tiny, distinct crystals of silicon clumped together.
除了硅的低成本外，这一工艺将能使用更大和更经济的6吋(15厘米)晶片并且还可以使用更普通的制造设备。
Besides the lower cost of silicon, the process could also use larger and more economical six-inch (15cm) wafers and be carried out with more common fabrication equipment.
SOI指的是在IC的制造过程中采用硅+绝缘层+硅的硅基体结构方式，这种结构方式的优势是可以减小器件的寄生电容并改善器件的性能。
SOI refers to the use of a layered silicon-insulator-silicon substrate in IC manufacturing, which is said to reduce parasitic device capacitance and improve performance.
在啤酒中以可溶原硅酸(OSA)的形式存在着硅，其中有一半可被身体吸收，在西方人的饮食中喝啤酒是摄入硅成分的主要方式。
Silicon is present in beer in the soluble form of orthosilicic acid (OSA), up to half of which can be absorbed by the body making beer a major contributor to silicon intake in the Western diet.
太阳能发电板变薄，效率提高，每块发电板的硅用量也就随之减少。
As solar panels become thinner and more efficient, less silicon is needed to make each one.
该公司专攻用于光伏电池的硅晶片。
The company specializes in making silicon crystal wafers to be used in photovoltaic cells.
目前LED同硅晶片的制作设备类似，都是通过在蓝宝石衬底片上沉淀氮化镓层实现。
At present these LEDs are made in machines similar to those used to make silicon chips, by depositing layers of gallium nitride on sapphire-based wafers.
碲化镉是一种比硅更便宜的光伏材料。
The compound is cheaper to use for photovoltaic material than silicon.
可伸缩硅元件的应用覆盖了头戴式电子传感器到可穿戴太阳能电池等各个领域。
Applications for stretchable silicon circuits range from electrical sensors that sit on top of the brain to wearable solar cells.
它是铝、硅和氟的化合物。
它是另一个硅和塑料的工程奇迹。
这个新设备是一张纸牌大小的硅晶片。
The new device is a silicon wafer about the shape and size of a playing card.
可还有个大问题：只收集一丁点阳光都需要大量的硅。
But a big problem has been the amount of silicon needed to harvest a little sunshine.
电子魔法：这张照片，或更准确地说，这张电子显微照片(SEM)是硅晶片的表面。
Electronic wizardry: This photo - or, more precisely, scanning electron micrograph (SEM) - is of the surface of a silicon microchip.
研究者认为，啤酒内含大量的硅元素，有助于新骨质的形成。
Researchers believe that heavy silicon levels in beer may bolster new bone formation.
当我们大部分人想到太阳能的时候，我们就会想象点缀在邻居家更环保屋顶上的硅板，它们正在把阳光直接转化成电。
When most of us think about solar power, we picture the silicon panels that dot our greener neighbors' roofs, converting the sun's rays directly into electricity.
即使是在目前的早期阶段，他认为硅基的氮化镓发光二极管就已经具有商业意义了。
Yet even at this early stage he thinks gallium nitride-on silicon LEDs would make commercial sense.
利用更多天然啤酒花制成的啤酒会含有更多的硅。
虽然计算机工业在降低制造硅器件的成本方面取得了长足的进步，但这并不适用于太阳能工业。
And, while the computer industry has made enormous strides in making cheaper silicon devices, those advancements don't translate to the solar industry.
虽然计算机工业在降低制造硅器件的成本方面取得了长足的进步，但这并不适用于太阳能工业。
And, while the computer industry has made enormous strides in making cheaper silicon devices, those advancements don't translate to the solar industry.
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