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Modeling of poly-crystalline silicon ingot crystallization during casting and theoretical suggestion for ingot quality improvement

Dezfoli et al., 2016

Document ID
17313992195072932344
Author
Dezfoli A
Hwang W
Augusto J
Shukur A
Tzeng S
Publication year
Publication venue
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

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Finite element (FE) and cellular automaton (CA) models are used in order to predict the microstructure of Poly-Crystalline Silicon (PC-Si) ingots during casting in a directional solidification furnace. During solidification, the 3D-FE model is used to simulate thermal field …
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    • C30—CRYSTAL GROWTH
    • C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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