Recovery of silicon from kerf loss slurry waste for photovoltaic applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Wang, T Y ^a   Lin, Y C ^a   Tai, C Y ^a   Fei, C C ^a   Tseng, M Y ^b   Lan, C W ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PHOENIX SILICON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Directional solidification; Impurities; Silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION; GROWN CRYSTALS; HIGH-PURITY SILICON; HIGH-TEMPERATURE TREATMENT; METAL IMPURITIES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SIC PARTICLES; SILICON FEEDSTOCKS; SILICON INGOT; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; CENTRIFUGATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; INGOTS; METAL RECOVERY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RECYCLING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLIDIFICATION;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 65549144375     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.863     Document Type: Article

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