Preparation of high-purity silicon for solar cells

Inorganic Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 653-662

  Gribov, B G ^a   Zinov'ev, K V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH PURITY MATERIALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; SILICON; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; PURIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 3543022722     PISSN: 00201685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024553420534     Document Type: Review

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