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Purification Behavior of Impurity Aluminum in Multicrystalline Silicon by Vacuum Induction Melting and Directional Solidification Method |
JI Ming1,2, DONG Wei1,2, TAN Yi1,2, SUN Shihai1,2, LI Guobin1 |
1.Key Laboratory for Solar Energy Photovoltaic of Liaoning Province, Dalian 116204
2.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 |
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JI Ming DONG Wei TAN Yi SUN Shihai LI Guobin. Purification Behavior of Impurity Aluminum in Multicrystalline Silicon by Vacuum Induction Melting and Directional Solidification Method. Chin J Mater Res, 2010, 24(4): 373-377.
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Abstract Purification mechanism of impurity aluminum in multicrystalline silicon ingot made from metallurgical-grade silicon was investigated by composition analysis and theoretical analysis of vacuum induction melting and directional solidification. The results showed that the content of impurity aluminum was significantly decreased due to the obviously evaporation in the stage of thermal insulation (T ≥1723 K). The segregation of impurity aluminum plays an important role in the distribution of aluminum in subsequent directional solidification process, but a little amount aluminum evaporation still happened. A new theoretical model including segregation phenomenon and evaporation mechanism was developed to simulate the distribution of aluminum in multicrystalline silicon. The result of simulation was well consistent with the measured distribution of aluminum in the obtained ingot.
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Received: 15 April 2010
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Fund: Supported by the Major Project of Science and Technology of Liaoning Province No. 2006222007. |
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