On-wafer investigation of SiC and Si3N4 inclusions in multicrystalline Si grown by directional solidification

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1059-1066

  Du, Guoping ^a,b   Chen, Nan ^a   Rossetto, Pietro ^c  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LDK Solar Hi Tech Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Multicrystalline silicon; Photovoltaic materials; Si3N4 particles; SiC particles; Wire sawing

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INCLUSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON WAFERS; SOLIDIFICATION;

MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION SYSTEMS; WIRE SAWING;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 45049083828     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Patel M.R. Wind and Solar Power Systems Design, Analysis and Operation. second ed (2006), Taylor & Francis Group, New York pp. 143-144
2. Swanson R.M. Prog. Photovolt.: Res. Appl. 14 (2006) 443
3. Newman R.C. Proc. Phys. Soc. 76 (1960) 993
4. Hari Rao C.V., Bates H.E., and Ravi K.V. J. App. Phys. 47 (1976) 2614
5. Søiland A.K., Ørelid E.J., Engh T.A., Lohne O., Tuset J.K., and Gjerstad Ø. Mater. Sci. Semi Proc. 7 (2004) 39
6. J. Bauer, O. Breitenstein, J.P. Rakotoniaina, in: J. Poortmans, H. Ossenbrink, E. Dunlop, P. Helm (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, WIP, Munich, Germany 2006, pp. 1115-1118.
7. Zhang R., van Dyk E.E., Rozgonyi G.A., Rand J., and Jonczyk R. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 82 (2004) 577
8. Du G., Zhou L., Rossetto P., and Wan Y. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 91 (2007) 1743