Production processes of solar grade silicon based on metallothermic reduction

Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Yasuda, Kouji ^a,b   Okabe, Toru H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Titanium Technologies Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

High purity silicon; Metallothermic reduction; Polycrystalline silicon; Reduction process; Smelting; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PROCESS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HALIDE COMPOUNDS; HIGH-PURITY SILICON; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; METALLOTHERMIC REDUCTION; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; NEW HIGH; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLY-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PURIFICATION METHOD; RAPID GROWTH; REDUCTANT TYPE; REDUCTION PROCESS; SIEMENS; SIEMENS PROCESS; SOLAR GRADE SILICONS;

METALLURGY; POLYSILICON; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PURIFICATION; SMELTING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ZINC;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77649123412     PISSN: 00214876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/jinstmet.74.1     Document Type: Review

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