Production of low-cost solar grade (SoG) silicon feedstock

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 364-367

  Khattak, Chandra P ^a   Joyce, David B ^a   Schmid, Frederick ^a  

^a Crystal Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEEDSTOCKS; IMPURITIES; METAL REFINING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLIDIFICATION;

METALLURGICAL GRADE; REFINING PROCESS; SILICON SCRAP; SOLAR GRADE SILICON FEEDSTOCK;

SILICON;

EID: 0036948731     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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