Solar-grade silicon powder prepared by combining combustion synthesis with hydrometallurgy

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 745-750

  Won, C W ^a   Nersisyan, H H ^a   Won, H I ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid leaching; Combustion synthesis; Hydrometallurgical treatment; Porous microstructure; Si refining

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ANALYSIS; INERT ATMOSPHERES; METALLIC IMPURITY; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICRO-POROUS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS STRUCTURES; SI REFINING; SI-PARTICLE; SILICON POWDERS; TWO STAGE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; METALLURGY; MICROOPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS SILICON; REFINING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES;

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78650700818     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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