Application of gallium——Liquid metal gallium dispensing
At present, the application of gallium in my country includes semiconductor and optoelectronic materials, solar cells, alloys, medical equipment, magnetic materials, etc. The semiconductor industry has become the largest consumer of gallium, accounting for about 80% of the total consumption. With the rapid development of metal gallium application industries, especially the semiconductor industry and solar cell industry, the demand for metal gallium will also grow steadily in the future.
Solar battery
The application of gallium to solar cells, the application of gallium is also used in the manufacture of solar cells, such as gallium arsenide group three and five solar cells, the battery has good heat resistance, radiation resistance and other characteristics, its photoelectric conversion rate very high. At first, because of the very high production cost and use costs, it was often used in the aerospace and military fields. However, with the development of science and technology in recent years, the production and use costs of gallium arsenide solar cells have been reduced. With concentrating optical components, their application fields have begun to expand, and they are becoming popular at a faster rate. CIGS thin-film solar cells are the third generation of solar cells, which have the advantages of low production, installation and use costs, and high photoelectric conversion rate. Therefore, they have become the fastest growing group of many solar cell products. Although there are more than 40 CIGS factories in production or under construction in the world, the application of gallium accounts for only 5%-10% of the raw materials of CIGS. With the expansion of CIGS production scale, the industry's demand for metal gallium will increase significantly.
Semiconductor material
The application of gallium to light-emitting diodes, gallium is a kind of low melting point and high boiling point rare metal, has the reputation of "the backbone of the electronics industry". Gallium compounds are high-quality semiconductor materials and are widely used in the optoelectronic industry and microwave communication industry to manufacture microwave communication and microwave integration, infrared optics and infrared detectors, integrated circuits, light-emitting diodes, etc. For example, the red light and green light we see on the computer are emitted by gallium phosphide diodes. At present, the consumption of metal gallium in the semiconductor industry accounts for about 80%-85% of the total consumption.
Chemical Industry
Gallium trichloride gallium halides have high activity and can be used in polymerization and dehydration processes. For example, gallium trichloride (GaCl3) is used as a catalyst to produce ethylbenzene, propylbenzene and ketones. A new nickel-gallium catalyst developed by researchers from the United States and Denmark can be used to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methanol. In addition, in order to improve the economic benefits of oil extraction, some countries, including China, are studying new petroleum catalysts using gallium nitrate.
Glass manufacturing
Gallium can enhance the refractive index of glass, and the application of gallium can be used to make special optical glass. For example, gallium has a particularly strong ability to reflect light. It can reflect more than 70% of the refracted light, and at the same time it can adhere to the glass well and withstand higher temperatures, so it is used in mirrors.
Development history of gallium industry
The application of gallium to LEDs in the early 1960s, gallium metal began to attract the attention of all countries. The research enthusiasm of gallium arsenide as a new type of high-quality semiconductor has risen, but the mass production of gallium arsenide began in the 1980s. As the excellent properties of gallium arsenide compounds used as semiconductor materials have been continuously discovered, gallium arsenide has also been widely used in products such as microwave devices, lasers, and light-emitting diodes. Blue LEDs were successfully studied in the early 1990s, and the development of white LEDs also started, and a "lighting revolution" began. The consumption of gallium has increased sharply, coupled with commercial hype, the price of gallium has risen sharply. After nearly 20 years of development, white LED lighting technology has made great achievements. Compared with traditional lighting technology, LED lighting technology has the advantages of high efficiency, energy saving, long life, green environmental protection, and high light efficiency, and is supported by governments around the world. At present, most of the research and production of gallium arsenide have turned to the LED industry.
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