Relationship between dislocation density and nucleation of multicrystalline silicon

Acta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3223-3229

  Stokkan, G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dendritic growth; Directional solidification; Dislocations; Grain boundary twin; Silicon

Indexed keywords

DENDRITIC CRYSTAL; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; DISLOCATIONS; HIGH DISLOCATION DENSITY; LOW-DISLOCATION DENSITY; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PILOT SCALE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DENDRIMERS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FURNACES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INGOTS; POLYSILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLIDIFICATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 77950339947     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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