Oxygen incorporation in directional solidification of photovoltaic silicon: Experimental facts and modeling

Autor: D. Camel, N. Eustathopoulos, E. Fayard, B. Drevet
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Acta Materialia. 221:117365
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117365
Popis: Oxygen, an usual impurity of photovoltaic silicon, is known to be detrimental for the electrical performances of this material. In this investigation, solidification experiments are performed in coated silica crucibles in order to study the influence of crucible size, crucible coating, argon flow and crucible material on silicon contamination by oxygen. In order to interpret the results, an analytical, semi-quantitative model is established taking into account two oxygen flows: the contamination flow at the crucible/silicon interface and the evacuation flow at the silicon free surface.
Databáze: OpenAIRE