Liquinert quartz crucible for the growth of multicrystalline Si ingots

Kozo Fujiwara; Yukichi Horioka; Shiro Sakuragi

doi:10.1002/ese3.90

Liquinert quartz crucible for the growth of multicrystalline Si ingots

Kozo Fujiwara, Yukichi Horioka, Shiro Sakuragi

Collaborative Research Center on Energy Materials

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Abstract

The growth of a multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingot for solar cell applications was attempted using a Liquinert quartz crucible. A mc-Si ingot was also grown in a quartz crucible coated with Si₃N₄ powder for comparison with that from the Liquinert quartz crucible. The mc-Si ingot grown in the Liquinert quartz crucible had a shinier surface which has few impurity particles and higher minority carrier lifetime than the mc-Si ingot grown in a quartz crucible coated with Si₃N₄ powder. These results indicate that contamination with impurities was reduced with the Liquinert quartz crucible; therefore, this crucible has the potential to be a powerful tool for the production of high-quality mc-Si ingots for solar cell applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	419-422
Number of pages	4
Journal	Energy Science and Engineering
Volume	3
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.90
Publication status	Published - 2015 Sep

Keywords

Casting
Liquinert
Multicrystalline silicon
Quartz crucible

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Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Energy(all)

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