Spherical silicon crystal formed by semisolid process in drop tube

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 24-28, 2006, Pages

  Nagashio, Kosuke ^a   Okamoto, Hideki ^b   Ando, Hitoshi ^b   Kuribayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Jimbo, Itaru ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Semisolid; Silicon; Solar cell; Spherical crystal; Undercooling

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMISOLIDS; SPHERICAL CRYSTALS; UNDERCOOLING;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33746271329     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.L623     Document Type: Article

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