Growth of dislocation clusters during directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon ingots

Acta Materialia

Volumn 59, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7703-7710

  Ryningen, B ^a,b   Stokkan, G ^a   Kivambe, M ^a   Ervik, T ^a   Lohne, O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Directional solidification; Dislocation structure; Dislocations; Silicon

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION FURNACE; DISLOCATION CLUSTERS; DISLOCATION STRUCTURE; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; PILOT SCALE; SILICA CRUCIBLE; SILICON NITRIDE POWDERS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INGOTS; POLYSILICON; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLIDIFICATION;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

EID: 80053939333     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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