In situ observations of crystal growth of spherical Si single crystals

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-347

  Huang, Xinming ^a   Uda, Satoshi ^a   Tanabe, Hideyoshi ^b   Kitahara, Nobuyuki ^b   Arimune, Hisao ^b   Hoshikawa, Keigo ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A1. Supercooling; A2. Single crystal growth; B1. Spherical Si crystal; B3. Solar cells

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCOOLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DROPPING METHOD; MULTICRYSTALS; OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE; SPHERICAL SI CRYSTAL;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

EID: 34548504369     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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