XBIC/μ-XRF/μ-XAS analysis of metals precipitation in block-cast solar silicon

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Trushin, M ^a   Seifert, W ^a,b   Vyvenko, O ^b,c   Bauer, J ^d   Martinez Criado, G ^e   Salome, M ^e   Kittler, M ^a,b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IHP   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Defects; Metal precipitates; Nucleation sites; Silicon; XAS; XRF

Indexed keywords

BEAM-LINES; CARBIDE PARTICLES; CHEMICAL STATE; COPPER PRECIPITATE; CU IMPURITY; GRENOBLE; IMPURITIES IN; IRON DISILICIDE; METAL PRECIPITATES; MICRO SPECTROSCOPY; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; MULTICRYSTALLINE SI; NANO SCALE; NUCLEATION SITES; OXYGEN PRECIPITATION; SIC PARTICLES; SYNCHROTRON-BASED MICROPROBE; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NITRIDES; NUCLEATION; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICIDES; SILICON CARBIDE;

SILICON;

EID: 75849118798     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.09.057     Document Type: Article

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