Purification of solar cell silicon materials through filtration

Rare Metals

Volumn 25, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 180-185

  Ciftja, Arjan ^a   Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Engh, Thorvald Abel ^a   Kvithyld, Anne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbides; Filtration; Fluid flow; Inclusions; Nitrides; Solar cell silicon

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INCLUSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE;

FOAM FILTERS; SILICON SCRAP;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33846809439     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0521(07)60070-9     Document Type: Article

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