Up until 1697 ‘All Swans are White’ was a well-known ‘scientific truth.’ Then… Black Swans were discovered in Australia.   Oops.

The same ‘scientific truth’ can be observed today in the polysilicon industry. Current producers are spending billions of dollars building new polysilicon plants based on the old gaseous purification process. They ‘know’ this is the best way. But… there is a Black Swan.

We have invented a process, which has produced gram quantity samples of polycrystalline silicon utilizing a unique and straightforward chemical process. The process will work with Silicon. The novel aspect of our technology relates to its ability to run the reaction in a liquid medium, using relatively inexpensive, easily available industrial chemicals. The process runs to completion comparatively near to room temperature in a few minutes rather than requiring 1100 degrees C. for a number of days as in the Siemen's process. The tests run on the samples indicate that they contain fewer impurities, have a more regular crystalline structure or both as compared with commercial samples. 

The reaction occurs under quite specifically engineered, yet easily achievable conditions. The facility required to manufacture polysilicon under our process would, in essence, consist of incoming tanks for the raw materials, a reaction vessel, and tanks for the waste products. Some of the waste components could be recycled with the appropriate systems, and to the best of our knowledge none of the remaining waste components would pose a significant or hazardous disposal problem. 

WHAT'S NEXT

We wish to partner with a company with sufficient resources to complete the development of this process or sell the process outright.