Recycling of solar cell silicon scraps through filtration, Part I: Experimental investigation

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1450-1461

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Ciftja, Arjan ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Filtration; Foam filters; Inclusions; Recycling; Silicon carbide; Silicon nitride; Solar cell silicon

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; NONMETALS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FILTRATION; FOAM FILTERS; INCLUSIONS; RECYCLING; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELL SILICON;

SILICON;

EID: 50249168180     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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