Silicon and solar-grade silicon production by solar dissociation of Si3N4

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1349-1354

  Murray, Jean P ^a   Flamant, Gilles ^a   Roos, Carolyn J ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated solar energy; High temperature process; Process heat; SG Si; Si3N4; Silicon manufacturing; Silicon nitride; Silicon purification; Solar furnace; Solar thermal; Solar grade silicon production

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DISSOCIATION; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESSES; PROCESS HEAT; SILICON MANUFACTURING; SILICON PURIFICATION; SOLAR FURNACES; SOLAR GRADE SILICON PRODUCTION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMBUSTION; DISSOCIATION; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR ENERGY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANUFACTURING; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 33748968655     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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