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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Amorphous Silicon Amorphous Silicon The term 'Amorphous Silicon' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as '  An alloy of silica and hydrogen, with a disordered, noncrystalline internal atomic arrangement, that can be deposited in thin-film layers (a few micrometers in thickness) by a number of deposition methods to produce thin-film photovoltaic cells on glass, metal, or plastic substrates'. The term 'Amorphous Silicon' as it applies to the area of photovoltaics can be defined as 'A thin-film PV silicon cell having no crystalline structure. Manufactured by depositing layers of doped silicon on a substrate. See also Single-crystal Silicon & Polycrystalline Silicon'. Previous 5 Terms: AMI Amino acid ammeter Ammonia Ammonium Next 5 Terms: Amortization Amortization AMOS amp ampelidious About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.