A metallurgical route to produce upgraded silicon and monosilane

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1785-1791

  Mukashev, B N ^a   Abdullin, Kh A ^a   Tamendarov, M F ^a   Turmagambetov, T S ^a   Beketov, B A ^a   Page, M R ^b   Kline, D M ^b  

^a Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid leaching; Alumothermic reduction; Metallurgical grade silicon; Solar grade silicon; Solidification; Upgraded silicon

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ALUMOTHERMIC REDUCTION; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; SOLAR-GRADE SILICON; UPGRADED SILICON;

ACIDS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEACHING; METALLURGY; PHOSPHORUS; POWDERS; SILANES; SILICA; SILICATES; SLAGS; SOLIDIFICATION;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 68349121587     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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