Wafers of the substance are typically sawed from an ingot consisting of one large crystal that has been pulled like taffy out of a vat of molten silicon.

• 一般的制造方法是把矽熔融于石英坩埚中，然后像制作太妃糖那样，拉出纯单晶矽结构的大型晶棒，切片后得到矽晶圆，也就是太阳能电池的基材。