Profile of impurities in polycrystalline silicon samples purified in an electron beam melting furnace

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-355

  Pires, J C S ^a   Braga, A F B ^b   Mei, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b São Francisco University Rua Alexandre Rodrigues Barbosa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron beam melting furnace; Photovoltaic energy; Polycrystalline silicon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRON BEAMS; MELTING FURNACES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PURIFICATION;

FUSION RATE;

POLYSILICON;

EID: 0042512271     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00471-3     Document Type: Article

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