Silicon Technology, U.S.- Pakistan Symposium and Workshop, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 1991.

该项目是为了支持七名美国科学家参加1991年6月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的关于硅技术的美国-巴基斯坦研讨会和讲习班。巴基斯坦方面的联合主席是伊斯兰堡国家硅技术研究所所长Atique Mufti博士。其目标是传播最近获得的关于在光电方面利用硅以及在过去四年中的电子应用方面的资料和经验；讨论在较不发达国家的相关应用，并确定可能进行联合研究的领域。研讨会将涵盖：硅技术的现状，包括技术突破和经济限制。技术讲座将涵盖各种原料硅的生产工艺、单晶生长和浮子区技术；非晶硅技术的现状及发展前景多晶铸造和带状技术，硅芯片的制造，薄膜太阳能电池的材料和技术，异质结，浓缩和混合；存储设备状态；以及太阳系的设计。最后一天将专门举办讲习班，以确定最有效的技术转让手段，促进创新工业的发展，并确定联合研究的领域。范围：本次会议将继四年前举行的一次会议之后举行，那次会议帮助巴基斯坦在太阳能储存和利用方面进行了新兴硅技术的研究和应用。来自南亚和中东几个国家的科学家将参加这次会议。它应有助于促进对支持该区域使用太阳能的研究和发展的兴趣。

Description: This project is for support of seven U.S. scientists to participate in a U.S.-Pakistan Symposium and Workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 1991 on Silicon Technology. The Pakistani Co-Chairperson is Dr. Atique Mufti, Director, National Institute of Silicon Technology in Islamabad. The objectives are to disseminate recently acquired information and experiences in the utilization of silicon in Photovoltaics as well as electronic applications in the last four years, to discuss relevant applications in Less Developed Countries (LDC's) and to identify areas for possible joint research. The seminar will cover: status of silicon technology, including technical breakthroughs, and economic constraints. The technical lectures will cover production procedures of silicon from various raw materials, growth of single crystal and float zone technology; status of amorphous silicon technology and its future; polycrystalline casting and ribbon technology, manufacturing of silicon chips, materials and techniques for making thin film solar cells, heterojunctions, concentrations and hybrids; status of storage devices; and design of solar systems. The final day will be devoted to workshops to identify the most effective means of technology transfer, and to facilitate the development of S.I. industry, and to identify areas for joint research. Scope: This meeting will follow one that was held four years earlier which helped Pakistan in its emerging silicon technology research and applications in solar energy storage and utilization. The meeting will be attended by scientists from several countries in South Asia and the Middle East. It should help foster the interest in the research and development that support the use of solar energy in that region.