Boron Removal from Metallurgical Silicon using Si-Al-Sn Ternary Alloy

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-310

  Xu, Fumin ^a,b,c   Wu, Shenrui ^a,b   Tan, Yi ^a,b   Li, Jiayan ^a,b   Li, Yaqiong ^a,b   Liu, Yao ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory for Solar Energy Photovoltaic of Liaoning Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

alloy refining; segregation coefficient; Si Al Sn alloy; solar grade silicon

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFINING; SILICON; THERMOANALYSIS; TIN;

BORON REMOVAL; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY; REPULSIVE FORCES; SEGREGATION COEFFICIENTS; SN CONTENTS; SOLAR-GRADE SILICONS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

TIN ALLOYS;

EID: 84892494408     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2013.817423     Document Type: Article

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