Crystal growth and equilibrium crystal shapes of silicon in the melt

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 574-580

  Yang, Xinbo ^a,b   Fujiwara, K ^a   Maeda, K ^a   Nozawa, J ^a   Koizumi, H ^a   Uda, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

crystal growth shape; equilibrium crystal shape; silicon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

CURVED INTERFACE; EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTAL SHAPES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS;

SILICON;

EID: 84901268733     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2290     Document Type: Article

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